Lanarkshire man conned taxman out of thousands of pounds in VAT scam

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A Lanarkshire man admitted conning the taxman out of thousands of pounds in a VAT scam.Craig Windsor submitted false invoices, claiming to have purchased huge quantities of products for his sports supplements business.The ex-boxer admitted getting a VAT rebate of £9,717 that he wasn’t entitled to.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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He signed and submitted to HMRC three invoices that claimed he had bought supplies from another company, Ionut Health Supplements Limited.Ms McMillan told the court: “The director of that company was the accused’s then wife.“The purpose of the false invoices was to legitimise the dishonest claim that the accused had paid VAT on supplies.

In reality, there were no such supplies.”His lawyer, Paul Belardo, said the VAT offence happened when Windsor’s business was in financial difficulty.He told the court: “He was doing his