Glasgow directors banned nine years over vape tax scheme

Two Glasgow company directors have been disqualified for nine years after their business imported more than 350,000 vapes disguised as medical equipment and failed to pay millions of pounds in tax, according to the Insolvency Service. Kyle McGinness, 24, of Barnton Street, Glasgow, and Leanne Moynes, 37, of Greenhill Street, Rutherglen, were directors of YSK Enterprises Limited, which imported large quantities of vapes from China between February and April 2023. The goods were labelled as nebulisers but were found to be e-cigarettes after Border Force officers intercepted a shipment of 352,688 vapes addressed to the company at Harwich in England in 2023. The company told HM Revenue and Customs that it owed no VAT on the sales and did not submit any corporation tax returns. HMRC calculated that the business owed almost £15 million in unpaid VAT and customs duty, plus a further £437,101 in corporation tax. YSK Enterprises Limited entered liquidation in 2024. McGinness was disqualified as a company director for nine years in June this year. Moynes received the same nine-year ban, which came into effect on August 13.