article_snippet.sent: Beatrice Tollman, founder of a luxury hotel chain, made Beatrice Tollman, founder of a luxury hotel chain most recent donation of £20,000 to the Tories earlier this month to boost the Conservative party's General Election campaign coffers.
article_snippet.sent: But it emerged that Beatrice Tollman, founder of a luxury hotel chain has previously been charged with conspiracy to evade millions of dollars in tax before the charges were dismissed by a judge.
article_snippet.sent: However on the same day in 2008 Mr Tollman pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Tollman repaid more than 100 million US dollars to America after the couple spent five years fighting off attempts to extradite Mrs Tollman from the UK over claims the South African couple had millions stashed in the Channel Islands.
article_snippet.sent: The Tollman's son, Brett, pleaded guilty to tax evasion in 2003 and was sentenced to more than two years in prison, as well as a $3.5 million penalty.
article_snippet.sent: Donations from the Tollmans were fully declared and in strict accordance with electoral law.'