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HMRC flushes out tax fraudster poker champ

News Team, 04/04/2019

A poker champion has been stripped of tournament prize-money for a second time to repay money he stole in a tax fraud.

Adam Lulat, of Preston, Lancashire, was jailed for 28 months in 2015 for his involvement in a £40 million money laundering scam and a major pan-European VAT fraud, after an HMRC investigation.

Mr Lulat was ordered to repay £68,930 in August 2018, after topping a tournament in Manchester and HMRC has now stripped him of prize-money for a second time after he won another major poker competition.

The 27-year-old was ordered to hand over a further £30,200 prize money within three months or face...


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