A Broadfield man whose "sheer greed" saw him avoid paying tax of more than £170,000 has been jailed for four years.
Hamauon Khan, also known as Billy Khan and Billy Love, was sentenced after an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation proved he had failed to declare his earnings.
The 46-year-old claimed he was unemployed for at least six years, in an attempt to avoid paying tax and National Insurance contributions.
The investigation revealed that he had actually been working as a self-employed IT consultant since 2004. Joint investigations with the Child Support Agency revealed he also failed to pay child maintenance payments of £48,094.47 to his former-partner for their child. Khan was also jailed for this offence. Instead of paying his tax and child support, Khan, of Grace Road in Broadfield, spent the money to fund his lifestyle and purchased two properties – including his current home.
Khan was arrested in 2013 and pleaded guilty to the offences on September 4, 2015. Yesterday he was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court. He was jailed for four years; two years for the tax fraud and two years for the child support offences. Sentencing Khan, Her Honour Judge Laing QC, said: "For a period of nine years through sheer greed you failed to pay tax. Cheating the revenue is a very serious offence.
"There has been sheer greed for a substantial period and you have used the money for your own benefit for a lavish lifestyle and foreign holidays."
Confiscation will be sought to recover the proceeds of his crimes.
