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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Matthew Cooper

Fraudster fugitive tracked down to Czech Republic after iPhone email signature blunder

Craig Rees - (HM Revenue and Customs)

A tax fraudster who spent over two years evading justice has been extradited back to the UK after being caught due to his email signature, receiving an additional six months on his existing seven-year prison sentence. Craig Rees, 52, fled the country to avoid cross-examination in a case involving a "staggering and audaciously dishonest" film-related tax fraud.

Rees, formerly of Shakespeare Avenue, Warwick, was apprehended in the Czech Republic in March, despite having claimed to be in Ukraine.

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