Car dealer sentenced for failing to keep company accounts
Shipley used-car salesman sentenced after falsely claiming ill health had prevented him from keeping company records when he had deliberately disposed of them.
From:
3 June 2021
John Brian Capper, (52), from Shipley, West Yorkshire, has been sentenced to an 18-month community order, including 250 hours of unpaid work, after failing to provide books and records when his company was wound up due to alleged tax liabilities of more than £654,000.
During proceedings, the court heard the defendant, known as Brian Capper, was sole director of Ikonic Solutions Limited and sold used cars.
Ikonic Solutions was incorporated in November 2011 and initially the company operated without issue. But in February 2016, Ikonic Solutions Limited was wound up in the High Court, owing hundreds of thousands of pounds to the tax authorities.