tycoon who lived a lavish lifestyle and painted himself as a charity hero has been caged over a £300,000 fraud. Joseph Quinn touted himself as a philanthropist who climbed Kilimanjaro for charity.
And he enjoyed a luxury lifestyle with two yachts and three houses. But Quinn, 64, was actually a conman who has been jailed for 16 months for VAT fraud at four Scottish firms.He ripped HMRC off for nearly £280,000 when he bought one of his yachts from the government body after it was seized by police.Quinn, from Newton Mearns, near Glasgow, was accused of trying to obtain £309,866.92.He netted £279,329.79 by submitting bogus claims for VAT repayments from HMRC.His plan fell apart when local compliance officers from HMRC carried out a check.He.
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