Leicester textile firms 'involved in money laundering'

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Leicester textile firms 'involved in money laundering and VAT fraud' BBC investigation finds the network of clothing manufacturers has been supplying fast fashion brands including Select Fashion There is no suggestion the brand was aware of the fraud

A civil court case involving a dispute between the bosses of two clothing wholesalers first brought the activity to light.

These revealed how, over a period of months from October 2014, he arranged for false invoices to be produced as part of a dishonest scheme involving a network of companies with addresses in Leicester, most of which were "shell" companies which did no real trading and simply pretended to be garment suppliers.When Mr Nagra received an order from Select Fashion he would, unknown to them, arrange for the garments to be made cheaply by a so-called "cut, make and trim" supplier.

Mr Nagra would pay the inflated amount into the shell company's bank account. Almost immediately, the money would then be withdrawn from the bank account in cash and returned to Mr Nagra, apart from - typically - half the VAT, which would go to pay off accomplices.Mr Nagra would be left with a VAT receipt that looked above board for the tax authorities. The shell supplier company would often fold after a short time with its VAT liabilities unpaid.

"There are gangs of factory owners going around in brand new four-wheel drives and there are very, very poor exploited workers who are actually living in fear in the city, and you can feel it on the street," he said.Some firms involved in money laundering have supplied Boohoo and Select Fashion Boohoo initially said T&S Fashions was neither a direct nor indirect supplier but when the BBC told it the other company's name, it confirmed it had done business with it.

 

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Not only slavery but money laundering and VAT fraud, how has this been allowed to happen.

Really? Have a quick look at curry houses, kebab shops tanning parlours ice creme restaurants, Chinese and Thai restaurants Often Very few customers but keep trading? Despite big rents, business rate they don’t go bust and make no complaints

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No one will be surprised as they are well aware who it involves!

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