Timur Mehmet
Mehmet is on the run from police looking for him for absconding from bail before his trial for a ?25 million VAT fraud. He was given eight years in jail in his absence.
Details:
Case number: CS1008-4918
Offences: Fraud
Name: Timur Mehmet
Sex: Male
Age: Around 40 years old
Height: 5 feet 10 inches
Further information: Mehmet has powerful links with North London
Mehmet is on the run for his part in a ?25 million fraud run by a 21-strong gang of crooks from Winchmore Hill, North London.
Mehmet, was named as one of the gang leaders and was sentenced to eight years jail and disqualified as a company director for 12 years for his part in the crime.
Interpol are looking for Mehmet under a Western european arrest warrant.
Mehmet was a manager of Globalactive Technologies Ltd, which returned products purchased from Western european Union states. The products were bought by false corporations and then returned. Globalactive then submitted VAT returns to HM Income and Customs reclaiming the tax, which hadn't been paid.
The inquiry - codenamed Operation Devout -ran for 5 years and was one of the most difficult inquiries lead by customs investigators, who had to disentangle a network of fraud and forgery.
The inquiry ended in seven trials and retrials for the 21 offenders, who were locked up for a total of 74 years. One of the fake companies was called Shivani Limited - an anagram of 'I Vanish'.
Adrian Farley, helper director of criminal investigation for HMRC, said: "This wasn't some type of victimless crime, but arranged fraud on a great scale by villains disguised as legitimate enterprises all fixed on making convenient profits at the cost of the Brit taxpayer.
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Mehmet is on the run from police looking for him for absconding from bail before his trial for a ?25 million VAT fraud. He was given eight years in jail in his absence.
Details:
Case number: CS1008-4918
Offences: Fraud
Name: Timur Mehmet
Sex: Male
Age: Around 40 years old
Height: 5 feet 10 inches
Further information: Mehmet has powerful links with North London
Mehmet is on the run for his part in a ?25 million fraud run by a 21-strong gang of crooks from Winchmore Hill, North London.
Mehmet, was named as one of the gang leaders and was sentenced to eight years jail and disqualified as a company director for 12 years for his part in the crime.
Interpol are looking for Mehmet under a Western european arrest warrant.
Mehmet was a manager of Globalactive Technologies Ltd, which returned products purchased from Western european Union states. The products were bought by false corporations and then returned. Globalactive then submitted VAT returns to HM Income and Customs reclaiming the tax, which hadn't been paid.
The inquiry - codenamed Operation Devout -ran for 5 years and was one of the most difficult inquiries lead by customs investigators, who had to disentangle a network of fraud and forgery.
The inquiry ended in seven trials and retrials for the 21 offenders, who were locked up for a total of 74 years. One of the fake companies was called Shivani Limited - an anagram of 'I Vanish'.
Adrian Farley, helper director of criminal investigation for HMRC, said: "This wasn't some type of victimless crime, but arranged fraud on a great scale by villains disguised as legitimate enterprises all fixed on making convenient profits at the cost of the Brit taxpayer.
Frauf File Most wanted will continue the reports on the latest scams, fraudsters and con artists around the world
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