
First arrest over £495K ‘furlough fraud’
A West Midlands man has been arrested in connection with a suspected £495,000 fraud involving the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), the first such action over potential furlough fraud.

HMRC officers executed a search warrant yesterday, in the Solihull area and arrested the 57-year-old.
Read more at the Accountancy Daily.
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