Scrap dealer gets more than seven years for £17m tax fraud

A scrap metal dealer and his bookeeper who conned the taxman out of more than £17.5m in a precious metals fraud have been jailed for a total of 12 years. Anthony Bond, 62, claimed millions of pounds in fraudulent VAT rebates from HMRC with the help of Stephen Goble, 64, who was ‘cooking the books.’ Bond, who has a masters degree in Business, Management and Marketing from City University of London, claimed to be dealing in scrap silver and car…