13 year disqualification for Glasgow director over company’s VAT scam

The disqualification of Mr Shakoor, of Waverley Gardens, Glasgow, follows an investigation by the Insolvency Service into the liquidation of Raptor Commerce Ltd.

The firm was incorporated on 18 July 2002 and ordered into compulsory liquidation on 9 September 2013.

The Insolvency Service found that “between 5 December 2005 and 31 May 2006, Mr Shakoor caused or allowed Raptor to participate in transactions which were connected with the fraudulent evasion of VAT, which Mr Shakoor either knew or should have known about.”

It added: “Mr Shakoor caused Raptor to make a wrongful claim of a VAT repayment for the period ending May 2006 totalling £1,224,134.”

Per Insolvency Service rules, a disqualification order has the effect that without specific permission of a court, a person with a disqualification cannot:

Persons subject to a disqualification order are bound by a range of other restrictions.

Tony Hannon, the Official Receiver in the Public Interest Unit South, part of the Insolvency Service, said: “The Insolvency Service will take firm action when we find misconduct and wrongdoing in the operation of companies by directors.

“The Insolvency Service is committed to protecting the integrity and confidence in the market both by consumers and business people alike.”