A Scottish mother paid nearly £200,000 to her daughter using funds due to a supplier just days after they decided their company was insolvent and would cease trading.
Hazel Lamont, 74, and her daughter Nicola Murray, 54, were directors of Scotparts UK Ltd, which was described on Companies House as being involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft.
The company, which had been trading since March 2006, was in financial trouble by October 2023 and both Lamont and Murray jointly decided Scotparts should stop trading due to debts it was unable to pay.
However, just two days earlier, the company received more than £300,000 from a customer.
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