Student who earned £300,000 as escort to fund degree facing jail
Published: 2013 October 08 06:32:28 (4678 Views)
A student who made more than £300,000 as an escort to wealthy clients without paying a penny in tax has been ordered to hand over nearly £175,000 or face prison.
Donna Asutaits, who has already served a 16-month jail sentence for tax evasion, will be given another two-and-a-half years if she fails to produce the money.
The 30-year-old filed no tax returns while working as an escort as she studied for a master's degree.
She earned £1,000 a night and was buying an apartment in Knightsbridge, central London, prosecutor Jonathan Polnay said.
'This defendant was working for years as an escort and in that job she received significant sums,' he told Southwark crown court.
'The deposit on her flat on Brompton Road, of £110,000, was paid in cash by the defendant, so clearly that money was available as profit.'
Judge Peter Testar told Asutaits, who was watching from the public gallery, to pay £120,000 and £54,243 in court costs.
'I am told about extensive talks between the parties and it is thought that a fair resolution has been agreed,' he said.
Asutaits – who remains under investigation by HM Revenue and Customs – will sell her flat to pay the debt, said Stan Reiz, defending.
He said: 'She has suffered from depression and has taken illicit drugs, and has dropped out of her master's degree.'
- Metro
Donna Asutaits, who has already served a 16-month jail sentence for tax evasion, will be given another two-and-a-half years if she fails to produce the money.
The 30-year-old filed no tax returns while working as an escort as she studied for a master's degree.
She earned £1,000 a night and was buying an apartment in Knightsbridge, central London, prosecutor Jonathan Polnay said.
'This defendant was working for years as an escort and in that job she received significant sums,' he told Southwark crown court.
'The deposit on her flat on Brompton Road, of £110,000, was paid in cash by the defendant, so clearly that money was available as profit.'
Judge Peter Testar told Asutaits, who was watching from the public gallery, to pay £120,000 and £54,243 in court costs.
'I am told about extensive talks between the parties and it is thought that a fair resolution has been agreed,' he said.
Asutaits – who remains under investigation by HM Revenue and Customs – will sell her flat to pay the debt, said Stan Reiz, defending.
He said: 'She has suffered from depression and has taken illicit drugs, and has dropped out of her master's degree.'
- Metro
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