- Malcolm Macaskill, a former Conservative party branch treasurer, will not face further action for a £1 million VAT fraud and money laundering scheme.
- Macaskill, who has a brain tumor and was unfit to stand trial, submitted false forms to HMRC to claim over £800,000.
- He was charged with being involved in a fraudulent VAT scheme and receiving criminal property.
- The scam occurred between February 2003 and March 2014.
- Macaskill ran sandwich production companies, Bigga Bites and Kwik Snax, from a factory in Cambuslang.
- He submitted 34 false VAT return forms to claim £829,320 through Bigga Bites.
- He also made a false claim of an NHS contract to get £88,543 in 2008.
Source: aol.com
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