A fraudster who swindled nearly £6m of public money has been stripped of his assets and ordered to pay back his illicit profits.

The crime proceeds order was made in the case of Stanley Miller, at Newcastle Crown Court today (Monday December 1) despite his previous attempts to fight and appeal court rulings.

Miller was jailed for eight years and three months at the court in 2018 after he was caught out in a complex series of frauds which saw him pocket more than £5m of taxpayers’ money.

A complex investigation pieced together by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) found that the 64-year-old defendant deliberately evaded paying VAT, Income Tax and National Insurance between 2008 and 2016, as well as laundering money and benefitting from criminal cash.

Miller went to trial at the court in Octo

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