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Chicken shop boss disqualified after wrongly claiming £50,000 of covid support cash

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A fried chicken shop boss has been disqualified after wrongly claiming more than £50,000 in covid support cash. Ifraz Nabi, 41, has been banned from running companies for seven years after he abused the Eat Out to Help Out and covid furlough schemes for his takeaway New York Krispy Fried Chicken in Levenshulme.

After the firm went into liquidation in November 2020, an investigation by the Insolvency Service found it 'failed to maintain or preserve adequate accounting records' so could not support the claims.

Mr Nabi is reportedly the first company director to be disqualified for abusing emergency pandemic support. Read more: Ryanair boss suggests bringing in army to deal with airport chaos In total the company claimed £30,388.92 from the Eat Out to Help Out scheme and £23,711.74 from the covid job retention scheme between June and October 2020.

Eat Out To Help Out was also only supposed to help restaurants with indoor seating, but while New York Krispy Fried Chicken had some indoor diners it relied on takeaway orders for the vast majority of its income.

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