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A family have been convicted over a £20million VAT fraud smashed by HMRC after one of the tax authority’s biggest ever probes. ‌

Leslie Thompson, 63, was jailed for six years and wife Beverley, 60, handed a two-year suspended sentence over the plot involving metals and electrical goods. ‌

Leslie’s son Andrew Collins, 41, was handed a 22-month suspended jail sentence over his part in the scheme to rip off taxpayers. ‌

The family, from Bathgate, West Lothian, were part of a sprawling conspiracy which was only cracked after a decade-long HMRC probe which has seen 20 people convicted across four separate criminal trials.

Leslie and Beverley enjoyed a lavish lifestyle with two homes in Florida before finally being brought to justice.

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