The head of an Edinburgh construction company has been jailed for two years following £275,000 of VAT fraud.
Avril Jane Elliott pleaded guilty to submitting a string of fraudulent VAT returns between 2008 and 2013, when she appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on 7 July.
According to the HMRC, these fraudulent returns wildly overstated her business expenses, resulting in her receiving £275,000 she wasn’t entitled to. Elliott used this money to fund a comfortable lifestyle and to pay off company loans.
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