Brothel madam jailed for £386,000 tax avoidance

Dorothy Jones, (64), was jailed for four years after the taxman caught up with her and discovered she had dodged tax totalling £386,000 on the ill gotten gains.

Jones, of Dunvegan Close, Manea, who rented three properties in south-west London, for her enterprise pleaded guilty at Kingston on Thames Crown Court to managing the brothels between 2003 and 2014.

The first, named ‘Sapphires’, was located in a flat at Burlington Road, New Malden and ‘Annabella’s’ occupied next-door properties at 29 St. James Road, Surbiton

She also pleaded guilty to cheating the public revenue of income tax between 2003 and 2013 and laundering criminal property via a Santander bank account, namely £137,000 between 2007 and 2013.

Along with her husband Stephen Jones, (52), she also admitted fraud by false representation, namely acquiring a £115,000 mortgage for their matrimonial home.

The couple produced forged documents for companies that did not exist to support the mortgage application in which Dorothy claimed to be a £48,000 a year masseuse and Stephen a £35,000 a year family entertainer.

Stephen Jones received a 12-month community order, which included 180 hours community service work for his offence and was ordered to pay £250 costs and a £60 victim surcharge.

A third defendant, Denise Oliver, 46, of 61 Springfield Place, New Malden pleaded guilty to possessing criminal property, namely £1,221 cash from the brothels, which police found during a raid of her home.

She also received a twelve-month community order, which includes 120 hours community service work.