Former Bandidos centro chapter president George Bejat found guilty of tax evasion
AN EX-BANDIDOS who was raking in $185,000 a year running tattoo parlours has been sentenced over tax evasion.
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AN ex-Bandidos bikie boss who was raking in $185,000 a year running tattoo parlours has been sentenced over tax evasion.
Former Bandidos centro chapter president George Bejat was on Wednesday slapped with an 18-month jail term by the Brisbane District Court.
He previously pleaded guilty to four counts of dishonesty causing a loss after lodging false declarations of income on his 2013 and 2014 tax returns.
Bejat was released immediately on a five-year, good-behaviour bond after paying $1000.
The 31-year-old, who once drove around Brisbane in a Lamborghini Gallardo, under-declared his income to the Australian Taxation Office on several occasions to dodge paying more than $74,000 in tax, the court was told.
In 2014, he claimed he earned $145,000, but in fact pocketed $185,000 in profits from two tattoo parlours he helped operate.
Bejat also lied about his income in the previous financial year, saying he earned $35,000 less than he actually did, the court was told.
After being audited by the ATO, Bejat was slapped with $36,000 in fines and later repaid $74,035 in tax.
The court heard Bejat had previously lied to Medicare and was in 2016 fined over a New Year’s incident when he threatened to kill a Fortitude Valley security guard.
Bejat was president of the notorious Centro chapter of the Bandidos club when the Newman Government’s hard-line VLAD laws were introduced after the Broadbeach bikie brawl.
He pleaded guilty to public nuisance over his involvement in the brawl and was fined.
Bejat was also charged over the extortion of celebrity hairdresser Fadi Haddad in 2013, but charges were dropped in 2016.
The court heard the former bikie now owns two restaurants.
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