article_snippet.sent: Prosecutor Richard Orme said Richard Williams and Richard Williams partner Howarth submitted invoices reclaiming VAT on specialist disability beds in the five-year fraud between 2005 and 2010.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutor Richard Orme had set up three companies called Sleepability, Ortho-matic and Discount Mobility Store and submitted false invoices to claim back VAT from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutor Richard Orme was paid £343,549 for Sleepability claims, £416,700 for Ortho-matic claims and £257,255 for Discount Mobility Store claims.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutor Richard Orme told Judge Michael Murray: 'Prosecutor Richard Orme set up businesses purporting to sell beds to the disabled, such sales being zero rated for VAT, whereas in fact no sales took place.