WARNING UK COVID-19 AID FRAUD COULD RUN INTO BILLIONS
June 1st, 2021
Fraud involving Covid-19 aid schemes in the UK could involve thefts totalling billions of pounds sterling (GBP), according to white collar crime and investigations specialist, Iskander Fernandez, partner at law firm BLM. His comments came as BLM published research (1) showing from the start of the pandemic to end of Q1 2021 Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) carried out over 12,000 interventions – to recover funds lost to fraud or error – involving the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) and Eat ...
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