A plant machinery salesman from Leicestershire who was jailed for tax fraud after he lied about his business’s sales must repay nearly £1m or face another seven years in prison.
Raymond John Weaver, 70, of Measham Road, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, was jailed for 30 months in March 2017 after he failed to declare sales of diggers, excavators and bulldozers to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and pocketed the VAT paid by customers.
Yesterday, he was ordered to repay £990,000 within three months and will now face selling his assets which include a £1.2m home, a villa in Portugal and a collection of cars.
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