Return of the playboy fraudster

He has a new name and is out of prison, but a convicted fraudster who cheated British taxpayers out of £76m is back and doing business in Ireland, says Investigative Correspondent Conor Ryan

OUT of jail and with a new name, a playboy tax cheat, Ian Leaf, is back working with the subprime lender he established here at the height of his international fraud business.

Fifteen years ago, from a mansion in the Swiss Alps, Leaf (pictured left) ran a sophisticated scam, juggling money across the world and using it to cheat British taxpayers out of Stg£76m.