Roger Bryant and his son James, from Barnstaple in Devon, were sentenced after a trial in Bristol.
Devon and Cornwall Police said Roger Bryant, from Barnstaple, has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison
His sons, James Bryant, 49, from Parracombe, and Scott Bryant, 38, of Church Close, also in Barnstaple, were found guilty of two charges relating to "them knowing - or at least suspecting - the money generated from their own companies by their father was the proceeds of crime". Between January 2008 and October 2013 the charity believed it was paying two companies for work that had been completed. It said payments were made to JR Contracting in most instances and SB Construction in others.
The fraud was discovered in October 2013 when the National Trust was seeking to update its approach to procurement.Following the discovery of the fraud, Roger Bryant attempted to pervert the course of justice by asking two people to lie and say they had witnessed works take place at various locations, when in fact they had not.
Judge Burgess said that he actively abused his position and that his sons were consciously complicit in the offending.“We trust our staff to do their jobs efficiently and honestly which is vitally important to an organisation responsible for looking after many different places in such a wide geographical area," it said.Confiscation proceedings
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