Waste fraudster has more than 9 years added to jail time

A 48 year old man from Leeds is currently serving a 7 years and 6 months custodial sentence after defrauding the electrical waste recycling industry of £2.2 million in 2016 following an Environment Agency investigation. 

The man was ordered to pay back over £1.3 million, on top of over £79,000 from a previous Environment Agency prosecution  for exporting hazardous waste to Nigeria in 2011 and over £17,000 from a VAT fraud in 2015. Despite numerous court orders, these payments fail to have been made and as a result over 9 years has been added to the sentence.