MICHELLE Mone’s husband Doug Barrowman has been seen arriving at court in Spain.
The businessman, 58, has been accused as part of multi-million tax evasion scheme and faces up to five and a half years in jail.
SolarpixDoug Barrowman arrives at court in Spain[/caption]
SolarpixHis trial began today over an alleged tax evasion scheme[/caption]
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Barrowman, who has been married to Baroness Mone since 2020, looked glum as he arrived at court in the city of Santander today for the start of his trial.
Prosecutors claim the billionaire and six other Brits benefitted from an allegedly fraudulent £5million invoice.
It is alleged it was created to evade tax and allow them to pocket millions from Spanish company B3 Cable Solutions via a UK company Axis Ventura in 2008.
B3 Cable Solutions later went bust in 2012, resulting in 200 job losses.
Barrowman was the founder of Axis, but left the role four months before the payment was made.
But according to court documents, Barrowman admitted he was “one of the negotiators” of the deal, reports the Mirror.
Papers are said to say Barrowman – who was also a shareholder in B3 – conceded he had received benefits of the commissions paid to Axis.
Prosecutors claim the invoice was created to “hide a partner payment” and “defraud the Spanish Treasury”. out more than half a million euros.
According to court documents, £5million (6.3million euros) was declared as donations, and £1.3million (1.6million euros) a corporation tax deducation.
All seven businessmen were previously cleared in the civil court of any administrative wrongdoing.
But Spanish prosecutors are now looking to jail the tycoons – who all deny charges – over the alleged plot.
GettyBaroness Mone and Barrowman pictured in 2019[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
