9 5 0 ▁imper miss ible ▁don ation ▁from ▁Paul ▁Green , ▁a ▁property ▁magn ate , ▁a ▁matter ▁that ▁was ▁investig ated ▁by ▁the ▁Elect oral ▁Commission ▁and ▁Str ath c ly de ▁Police . ▁When ▁it ▁emer ged ▁that ▁the ▁don ation ▁of ▁£ 9 5 0 ▁had ▁come ▁from ▁a ▁personal ▁account , ▁and ▁not ▁a ▁business ▁account , ▁the ▁money ▁was ▁immediately ▁for fe ited . ▁Further ▁newspaper ▁reports ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁November ▁indicated ▁Alexander ▁was ▁aware ▁of ▁the ▁identity ▁of ▁the ▁don or , ▁after ▁having ▁sent ▁a ▁personal ▁letter ▁of ▁grat itude ▁to ▁Mr ▁Green ▁( at ▁his ▁home ▁in ▁Jersey ) ▁concerning ▁the ▁don ation . ▁As ▁Mr ▁Green ▁was ▁not ▁registered ▁as ▁an ▁elect or ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁this ▁bar red ▁him ▁from ▁don ating ▁to ▁a ▁UK - based ▁party . ▁However , ▁the ▁Elect oral ▁Commission ▁concluded ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁that ▁Alexander ▁had ▁taken ▁' sign ific ant ▁steps ' ▁to ▁comp ly ▁with ▁fund ing ▁reg ulations ▁and ▁decided ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁basis ▁for ▁further ▁action . ▁As ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Elect oral ▁Commission ▁r uling , ▁they ▁also ▁stated ▁that ▁Alexander ▁" did ▁not ▁take ▁all ▁reasonable ▁steps " ▁and ▁that ▁" there ▁is ▁not ▁sufficient ▁evidence ▁to ▁establish ▁that ▁an ▁off ence ▁has ▁been ▁committed ". ▁These ▁mixed ▁messages ▁have ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁people ▁question ing ▁the ▁decision , ▁including ▁Alex ▁Sal mond ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁Scottish ▁Government ▁who ▁li ken