The director of an Aberdeen security company, which provided security staff for Donald Trump’s Scottish golf club among other customers, has been sentenced to four years in prison after he was convicted of a £419,000 VAT fraud and removing criminal property from Scotland
Kevin McKay was the sole director of IPPS Ltd and provided close personal protection services to the rich and famous, doormen for pubs and clubs, and guards at building sites, primarily in the North East of Scotland.
An HMRC investigation found that McKay charged his clients VAT but lied on his tax returns, claiming his business was making less than 10% of its actual sales, and consequently defrauding £419,799.
In 2010, McKay also transferred over £100,000 of his criminal profits from his personal savings account to a bank account in Romania. This account belonged to the mother of a woman McKay was in a relationship with.
HMRC officers detained McKay in May 2013 and searched his home, car and business premises. Business and financial records were taken from these locations, as well as from his clients and bank.
When he appeared at Aberdeen Sherriff Court McKay was sentenced to four years in prison.
