Two arrested in connection with suspected £70,000 furlough scheme fraud
manchestereveningnews.co.ukan estimated £3.5 billion may have been wrongly paid as part of the coronavirus jobs retention scheme (CJRS). Chancellor Rishi Sunak's furlough scheme, which covers up to 80 per cent of an employee’s salary if they cannot work due to the pandemic, has the cost the government more than £35 billion so far.More than 9.5 million people have been furloughed since the scheme was announced back in March.Terry Braithwaite, assistant director of the Fraud Investigation Service at HMRC, said: “The CJRS is part of the collective national effort to protect jobs.“While most employers have used the scheme responsibly, this is taxpayers’ money and HMRC will not hesitate to act on reports of abuse of the scheme.” Earlier this week Downing Street confirmed.
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk
