Bounty Placed on UK's Most Wanted Criminal Allegedly Hiding in Mombasa

A monetary reward has been announced to anyone with information on the whereabouts of Gareth Johnson, United Kingdom's most wanted criminal.

Gareth, who is in the UK's tax authority radar for tax crime running into billions of shillings is believed to be hiding in Mombasa, Kenya or Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.

“Gareth Johnson, 50, is one of the United Kingdom’s most wanted tax fugitives. Gareth and his father Geoffrey Johnson, both originally from Forfar in Scotland, were part of an-18-person crime gang,’ reads newspaper advert appearing in a local daily.

“He was due to stand trial in England for a multi-million pound tax fraud in 2013 but he did not attend court. He was sentenced to twelve years in prison in his absence. He is on-the-run.”

In 2016, a United Kingdom court directed Gareth and his father to re-pay 109 million pounds of their criminal proceeds, or face an extra 14 years in jail. The two have not complied by paying the money to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

Gareth's dad was arrested in Dubai in July 2017 after travelling from Mombasa on a forged passport and was sent to prison in UK.

“Gareth should be in jail for 26 years. He should pay back a lot of money,” says HM Revenue Customs.

“We think he could be in East Africa, possibly Kenya or Tanzania.”