برمنگھم(نمائندہ پوٹھوار ڈاٹ کام افتخار وارثی) برمنگھم کے علاقے موسلی کے رہائشی انچاس سالہ پاکستانی نژاد اسد چوہان کو کینیڈا سے گرفتار کر کے جیل بھیج دیا گیا- تفصیلات کے مطابق اسد چوہان 2006 میں برطانیہ سے بھاگ کر پاکستان چلا گیا تھا پھر پاکستان دے دوبئ اور پھر کینیڈا میں شناخت بدل کر رہائش پذیر تھا اسد چوہان پر تمباکو کی سمگلنگ کا مقدمہ زیر سماعت تھا مگر اسد چوہان برطانیہ سے بھاگ گیا تھا مگر ٹیکس جمع کرانے والے ادارے ایچ سیم آر سی نے انٹرپول اور کینیڈین پولیس کی مدد سے کینیڈا سے گرفتار کر کے جیل بھیج دیا گیا اسد چوہان پر ترپن ملین پاونڈ کی رقم بھی واجب الادا ہے جرمانہ ادا نہ کرنے پر مزید سات سال اور قید کاٹنا ہوگی جبکہ چھ ہزار پاونڈ کی روزانہ سود کی رقم بھی ادا کرنا ہوگی
London; Hussain Asad Chohan, a multimillionaire tax fraud fugitive has been brought back to Britain to serve a lengthy jail term after spending more than 11 years on the run in Pakistan.
Hussain Asad Chohan, who has been ordered to repay £53 million to the public purse, was found living under a false name in Canada and is starting a 12-year prison sentence, HM Revenue and Customs said.
The 49-year-old evaded justice by fleeing to Pakistan in 2006, while standing trial at Birmingham Crown Court for his role in a tobacco-smuggling fraud.
Chohan, formerly of Moseley, Birmingham, is thought to have used a number of aliases while living in Pakistan and in the Jumeirah area of Dubai, before settling in Ottawa.
In a statement confirming the fraudster had been extradited from Canada by a team of specialist officers assisted by Canadian police and Interpol, HMRC said Chohan was also linked to a £185 million VAT fraud.
Evidence was presented to a confiscation hearing in December 2006 of Chohan’s involvement in the VAT fraud, as well as tobacco smuggling, and he was ordered to repay £28.6 million within three months.
Chohan, who also owes interest totalling more than £24 million, was given a five-year sentence in his absence for the tobacco-related offences.
He has been ordered to serve a further seven-year term after failing to pay the sums owed.
Simon York, director of the Fraud Investigation Service at the HMRC, said: “Chohan thought he could avoid prison by fleeing the country and ran away to set up a new life for himself.”But he couldn’t run forever and his criminal past eventually caught up with him.
Canadian police arrested Chohan at Toronto airport after he arrived on a flight from the United Arab Emirates in September 2016.
He was placed on remand at a correctional centre in Lindsay, Ontario, before being flown back to the UK.
He arrived back in the UK on Friday accompanied by HMRC officers, before being taken to Birmingham Crown Court where his sentence was confirmed.
