Campaigner for security industry reform jailed for €1.6m tax fraud

A campaigner for reform of the security industry who defrauded the Revenue of over €1

A campaigner for reform of the security industry who defrauded the Revenue of over €1.6 million has been jailed for two years.

Gary Wynne (38) avoided paying tax on over €4 million in income by claiming to transfer his VAT-inclusive invoices to a fictitious company, thus rendering his company VAT neutral. Wynne, Leixlip, Co Kildare, of Loganroy Security, Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin, who supplied door staff to many well-known Dublin premises, submitted incorrect invoices and VAT returns to the Revenue between 1997 and 2003.

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