HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said it had arrested a male from Solihull, West Midlands, on Wednesday, in connection with allegations of a £495,000 fraud of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). (Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Richard Las, acting director, Fraud Investigation Service, HMRC, said: "The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is part of the collective national effort to protect jobs. "The vast majority of employers will have used the CJRS responsibly, but we will not hesitate to act on reports of abuse of the scheme. More than £27.4 billion has been claimed through the scheme, supporting 1.1 million employers and 9.4 million furloughed jobs. HMRC added that the man was also arrested in relation to a suspected multimillion-pound tax fraud and alleged money laundering offences.

Source: Daily Mirror July 09, 2020 12:13 UTC