A jailed luxury car dealer, who built a property empire with profits from a VAT scam involving Lamborghinis, Porsches and Mercedes, must repay £2 million.
Sarju Popat, 51, from London, was jailed for five-and-a-half years for fraudulently claiming back millions of pounds of tax on car sales between 2009 and 2011 after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
He has now been ordered to repay £2 million of stolen tax after HMRC found he used his criminal cash to buy properties in London’s Cricklewood, Hatch End and Muswell Hill.
Mr Popat faces selling the properties to repay the money he st...
