Three jailed for tourism fraud

Three conmen who tried to defraud the taxman out of £1.9m by pretending to promote Dubai tourism have been jailed.

The businessmen set up a sham company and approached various firms claiming they had a £15m budget from Dubai’s Department of Tourism to promote the country.

When the company, Wilnecote Hall Marketing, sold advertising space to the duped firms, it asked for invoices that remained

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