Afghan mansion dad in ‘tax scam

AN Afghan dad whose family live rent-free in a £1.2million pad has been charged with running a massive tax-dodge scam.

Haji Saeidi's wife and seven kids already get £170,000 a YEAR in benefits to live in the seven-bedroom home in Acton, West London.

But now Mr Saeidi, 48, could face jail after allegedly swindling hundreds of thousands of pounds MORE from taxpayers.

The cabbie will stand trial with another man next month accused of helping to run a cigarette smuggling racket. Prosecutors will claim the pair deliberately evaded paying duty on imported fags and tobacco. One source said: "Typical sentences for evading duty up to £500,000 can be up to four years in jail."

Mr Saeidi, who came to the UK in 2000 and lives apart from his family, was unavailable for comment. Wife Toorpakai, 36, said: "This is no business of yours." The Sun first told in October 2008 how she, her four sons and three daughters aged nine to 23, have benefited from loopholes in Whitehall guidelines introduced in 2008 for housing allowances. New rules have since been introduced. But Ealing Council cannot move them from the mansion until late January.