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Fraudster is told to hand back hidden assets of diesel scam
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A RED DIESEL fraud in Northern Ireland made massive profits for all those involved, a court has been told.
Kevin Campbell, an inde
f.. pendent hauler from Dungannon, Northern Ireland, was jailed for three years in 2005 when he admitted fraud and money laundering charges before Liverpool Crown Court.
Now, following a proceeds of crime hearing before Liverpool Crown Court, Judge David Swift has ruled that Campbell and his associates made £1.4m in profit from evading duty on the fuel and ordered Campbell to hand over £800,000 he has hidden away within 12 months or face three more years in jail.
Campbell has always denied that he had any hidden assets.
The original hearing heard that the scam was discovered when customs stopped a truck loaded with 30,000 litres of fuel oil en route to a service station in Herefordshire.
An analysis of the fuel showed it to be rebated paraffin, which would have been sold on as diesel.