Designer jailed for £200k scam
Cleadon, admitted two charges of cheating Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, one offence of being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of income tax and one of transferring criminal property.
Judge Penny Moreland sentenced him to a total of 29months behind bars.
The judge told him: "Your fraudulent behaviour over a period of seven years, during which time you provided dishonest self-assessment forms in respect of income tax and company accounts which you knew did not represent the true position."
Prosecutor Sue Hirst told the court Doering's dishonesty was discovered when officers from HM Revenue and Customs began an investigation into his firm Laundrylines Ltd, which trades as Uwe Raw Cotton.
Miss Hirst added: "In summary, the defendant dishonestly failed to register the business for VAT and consequently defrauded the public purse in respect of that."
The court heard the Doering's clothing company had paid just £479 in tax between 2010 and 2016 and was not registered for VAT.
Heclaimedtouseonebank account for the firm, which had processed £466,671 in customer card sales between February 2011 and April 2017But investigators revealed he had another account, which had processed a further £441,849 over a similar period.Toby Hedworth QC, defending, said Doering has £200,000, which he raised through selling and remortgaging property, in a bank ready to pay back to the authorities, which he had offered from the outset, in a bid to stop the criminal proceedings.