A WEALTHY shop owner will not be sent to prison after being charged following a large-scale VAT probe.
A wealthy shop owner will not be sent to prison after being charged following a large-scale VAT probe.
Mirza - an influential businessman in the Scottish Asian community - has been photographed in the past alongside former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and ex-Labour MP Mohammed Sarwar highlighting charity project the politicians were part of. In March 2012, HMRC contacted his accountant stating the shopkeeper had not recently made any VAT declarations.
The accountant stated that Mirza agreed the figures and that to his knowledge the returns were"true and accurate."Prosecutor Graham Macdonald said:"Due to the extent of the discrepancy apparent, the matter was passed to the criminal investigation team for review."
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