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Brothers jailed for smuggling and tax evasion in Epping

Two brothers have been jailed for a total of 12 years for using an Epping warehouse to smuggle alcohol into the the UK and evade £3.6 million in tax.

HM Revenue and Customs officers arrested 32-year-old Tayfun Donger and 29-year-old Taylan Donger as they removed alcohol from an HGV brought into the UK from Belgium by 26-year-old Conor McCreesh on 10 November 2016.

Officers seized more than £4,000 in cash, the equivalent of 119,000 pints of beer, 6,000 bottles of wine and 830 bottles of spirits, along with the HGV, a forklift truck, pump trucks and two vans, which had been used to carry or handle non UK duty paid alcohol.

Investigations revealed during a seven month period, they had distributed smuggled alcohol worth £3.6 million in unpaid duty and VAT into the UK.

Brett Wilkinson, Assistant Director, Fraud Investigation Service, HMRC, said:

“The Donger brothers thought they had developed the perfect scheme to illegally trade in illicit alcohol, diverting millions of pounds from public finances straight into their pockets, until HMRC officers stopped them in their tracks.

“These men were stealing from the taxpayer and undercutting legitimate traders. The money they evaded was the equivalent of the starting salary for 130 new nurses in London.

“We urge any member of the public who know of anyone committing this type of crime to report it to HMRC online or call our Fraud Hotline on 0800 788 887.”

One of the brothers, Taylan Donger, attempted to flee to Turkey days before the trial but was arrested at Stansted on 20 September 2018.

The Dongers were found guilty by jury at Chelmsford Crown Court on 24 October 2018.  Tayfun Donger was a given six-and-a-half year sentence while his brother Taylan was given six years on 1 November. Conor McCreesh from Northern Ireland was given a 15-month jail sentence, suspended for two years and ordered to do 270 hours of unpaid work.

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