A former Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour, Main Event winner, gets owned by the HM Revenue and Customs (again), and former heavyweight and cruiserweight world boxing champion, David Haye, continues his poker education.
When a professional poker player wins a tournament, rarely do they keep all of the money. There’s no yellow tape around that truth. It’s as rare as a feeble firefighter that they don’t get to keep any of it – unless you’re Adam Lulat.
In 2015, the 27-year-old from Preston, England, was one of six people scarred for life after a pan-European investigation led by the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) discovered his role in a £40m VAT tax fraud.
A funny man wearing a wig in Manchester Crown Court sentenced Lulat to 28-months in prison and ordered him, and his five chums, to return £590,000. Given that Lulat was skint at the time, he only had to pay £1 – the difference between a whale and a tiddler.