Notorious Johnson brothers jailed in £34m tax fraud
Notorious Wolverhampton brothers Carl and Tony Johnson were jailed for nearly three years each today for their part in a £34 million tax fraud.
Notorious Wolverhampton brothers Carl and Tony Johnson were jailed for nearly three years each today for their part in a £34 million tax fraud.
The brothers laundered money as part of a con that involved swindling cash owed to the taxman in a payroll scam.
The pair – along with the tax con kingpin Thomas Scragg – flaunted their wealth on the streets of Wolverhampton, driving around in expensive cars including a Lamborghini Murcielago, Bentley Continental, Porsche Cayenne and Ferrari Spider.
The Johnson brothers – who have a string of convictions for violence and witness intimidation – were paid around £2.4m by Scragg.
They kitted out their homes with top security equipment while 49-year-old Carl had bulletproof glass installed in his Bushbury Road home. Tony, 51, rebuilt his house on Sandy Lane, Tettenhall, with a cinema.
At Birmingham Crown Court today, the brothers were each jailed for two years and nine months. A jury had earlier found the pair guilty of money laundering after spending just 45 minutes considering their verdicts.
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