Environment Agency | A Birmingham director and his company have been ordered to pay a Proceeds of Crime order, fines and costs totalling £476,995 for breaches of the Fraud Act 2006.
An Environment Agency audit found EDU Case Ltd was entering false waste-export data into the National Packaging Waste Database. Director Shaobo Qin pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court, receiving a two-year sentence (suspended for 18 months), disqualification, unpaid work and a £255,057 confiscation order.
The company was fined £200,000 and ordered to pay £21,995 in investigation costs. The false entries represented nearly two-thirds of its 2022 exports.
In September 2023 a notice required Qin to hand over his “evidence” stick and explain a 1,239 t claim that was only 453.6 t genuine. The judge noted the offending was deliberate but accepted the early plea and repayment funds.
