This case was successfully prosecuted by the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office concerning the evasion £4.5 million in VAT. Between May 2004 and August 2004, the defendant, trading as a business, made purchases of mobile phones and computer chips from France and being imports they did not attract VAT.

 

The phones and chips were then sold on usually the next day to a further company who, in turn, sold the items on to numerous other companies. These companies exported the phones and chips, usually to Dubai. This resulted in a further loss of revenue, as tax was being reclaimed by the exporter.

 
In one instance an export was traced to a German company from whom Takkar's suppliers had allegedly purchased phones. The defendant pleaded guilty to conspiring to cheat the public revenue and fraudulent trading.