A barber who was busted for cocaine dealing is running a business promising huge returns in the property market.
Scott Johnston escaped jail despite admitting being involved in the supply of £4,180 of the drug.
The Daily Record can reveal that Johnston, 29, is the face of West Coast Developments, a business that suggests a profit of nearly 60 per cent can be made on its property deals.
Johnston tells potential investors that his mantra comes from legendary US business magnate Warren Buffett, who advises: “Never depend on a single income.”
Johnston, 29, was given a community payback order last month after telling Ayr Sheriff Court he earned just £30,000 per year running the Alter Ego Cutting Lounge in the town, where some of the drug supply was stashed.
A source said: “Johnston’s business hero is Warren Buffet but I don’t think Buffett was meaning drug dealing when he went on about a second income.”
On the West Coast Developments site, Johnston’s blurb states: “With impressive net yields on all of our investment opportunities, you cannot go wrong when you choose to invest with West Coast Developments."
Johnston pled guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine after £4180 worth of the Class A drug on February 12, 2021. He was also placed on a six-month tag.
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