Legal

Lamborghini among luxury cars at centre of legal probe into Roscommon dealership

A cash deposit on a luxury supercar is one of a number of ‘highly unusual’ alleged transactions being analysed by a liquidator as part of his investigation into Kleio Tool and Plant Hire which traded under the name Go Direct

The Lamborghini Huracan, a luxury supercar which retails at approximately €250,000. A case in the High Court seeks to discover whether a transaction involving a car of this model was part of a scheme designed to defraud tax authorities of Vat

In February 2016, a Roscommon car dealership allegedly paid a £10,000 deposit to a British-based company for the purchase of a Lamborghini Huracan, a luxury supercar which retails at approximately €250,000 and can reach 100km/h in less than four seconds.

Over the course of the next few months, more than £144,000 was allegedly transferred from a separate British-based company to the Irish business in four transactions, with similar amounts then transferred from the Irish company ...