A Lego-loving fraudster has been convicted of stealing £1.3 million of taxpayers’ cash.
Fictitious transport firm boss Lee Hickinbottom of Wolverhampton Street, Dudley, conspired with his 34-year-old former partner, Tabatha Knott, of Bennett Avenue, Dudley, to submit fraudulent VAT repayment claims to HMRC between 2014 and 2017.
Mr Hickinbottom submitted most of the claims for his fabricated Solihull registered Serenity Comm...