* Malcolm Macaskill, a former Conservative party branch treasurer, was accused of running a £1m VAT fraud and money laundering scheme.
* He filed 34 false VAT return forms, which authorized repayments of £864,971.72 through his sandwich production company, Bigga Bites.
* The false VAT returns were submitted between February 2003 and March 2014.
* Macaskill made a bogus claim of an NHS contract with his business to get £88,543 in 2008 from a VAT return claim.
* The fraud involved submitting false sales invoices to HMRC, which grossly overstated the sales from his sandwich businesses.
* The VAT returns were used to reclaim more than £800,000 from HMRC.
* The money laundering aspect involved funneling cash through the bank accounts of his local Conservative parties, his current and ex-wives, and his sandwich production companies.
Source: bbc.com
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