Would you go to prison for £2k a week?

A bootlegger who made a fortune from a VAT fraud must pay back nearly £175,000 or have twenty-one months added to his sentence. Fiaz Raja, 53, together with Jayesh Shah, 54, and Muhammed Rasool, 40 created a complex chain fictitious transactions which were used as a cover for the sale of the smuggled alcohol. The VAT fraud cost the taxman at least £120 million. The swindle used a ‘Missing Trader Intra Community’ (MTIC) scheme, which involves a bogus trade deal…