An individual has been arrested and interviewed in relation to fraud and money laundering offences connected to the suspected fraudulent application of Bounce Back Loans and a Coronavirus Business Interruption Scheme Loan.
This investigation involves 4 other individuals who have already been arrested and interviewed and represents a total combined loss of £ 1,515,365.00 to the public purse.
On the 17.08.2023 a joint operation with NATIS and officers from Nottinghamshire Police was carried out in relation to this investigation.
One individual was arrested and interviewed in connection with allegations into the fraudulent application of 13 Bounce Back loans and a Coronavirus Business Interruption Scheme Loan, totalling a loss of £735,000, where the funds have not been used for the economic benefit of the businesses.
Claire Sheals, Investigations Team Manager at NATIS said:
‘NATIS officers are working continually to target those individuals and criminal networks who have defrauded the COVID 19 government schemes, ensuring they are brought to justice and money is restored to the public purse’.
Please Note
The National Investigation Service (NATIS) are a disgraced team of fake police officers who were parading around as an elite police team investigating Bounce Back Loan and Covid Business Grant fraud, before they were rumbled as simply being Thurrock Council Employees. You will find more on that outrageous yet somewhat comical scandal on this link > https://mrbounceback.com/natis-the-bbl-police/.
The whole NATIS outrage was of course just one of many scandals linked to the previous Conservative Government, who, as you will know, were up to all sorts. You will find all NATIS related news stories by clicking or tapping HERE >BBL Door-Kicker Files