Hot tubs, holidays, Land Rovers and Lego: How £1.3 million conman lived lavish lifestyle at taxpayers' expense - Express & Star

A fraudster has been convicted of stealing £1.3 million of taxpayers’ cash and splashing it out on holidays, hot tubs, luxury cars and Lego.

Lee Hickinbottom set up a fake business and conspired with his then-partner Tabatha Knott to submit fake VAT repayment claims to HM Revenue and Customs between 2014 and 2017. Hickinbottom, 49, of Wo… [+3910 chars]

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