An ex-Cambridge University academic and convicted fraudster has paid £1m back to the taxpayer after a National Crime Agency investigation to track his hidden assets

Oliver Kent

Ehsan Abdi Jalebi, 42, was sentenced to four years behind bars in 2018 after claiming more than £2m from a green energy project.

The NCA proved he was falsifying documents to secure government grants to his company Wind Technologies Ltd.

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