Mohammad Reza Ghadami (born March 1954) is an Iranian-born British property developer based in
Harlow
Harlow is a large town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England. Founded as a new town, it is situated on the border with Hertfordshire and London, Harlow occupies a large area of land on the south bank of the upp ...
, Essex.
In 1995, Ghadami was convicted in the Crown Court at
St Albans
St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major ...
of two counts of being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of
Value Added Tax
A value-added tax (VAT), known in some countries as a goods and services tax (GST), is a type of tax that is assessed incrementally. It is levied on the price of a product or service at each stage of production, distribution, or sale to the end ...
.
In 2004, Ghadami was involved in a legal dispute with Harlow Council over the Harvey Centre in Harlow and other businesses that he owned that resulted in court proceedings.
In April 2014, a London court ordered British property investor
Paul Bloomfield
Paul Bloomfield (February 1946 – April 2016) was a British property investor known as "Boom-boom" Bloomfield.
Career
Bloomfield was involved with a string of high-profile deals during the 1980s and was known as the man that sourced the deals t ...
, who was an associate of Ghadami and has since died, to pay Ghadami £110m in damages.
See also
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Jan Bonde Nielsen
Jan Bonde Nielsen (born 20 May 1938), known also by his nickname JBN, is a Danish billionaire and oil tycoon.
Bonde Nielsen found initial success in the floriculture industry through his Kenyan company, DCK International. In collaboration with th ...
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1954 births
British businesspeople
British people of Iranian descent
Living people
British fraudsters
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