The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill That Will Give Civil Servants Extraordinary Powers to Recover Funds Blagged from Any Public Authority, and Is Being Used to Scare/Nudge Bounce Back Loan Blaggers Into Repaying Will Soon Get Royal Assent

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Just a quick update on the bill that is soon to become law, that being the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill, it has just moved into the final stages and will soon be given Royal Assent and become law.

Passage of the Bill

That is of course the bill that is currently being used by the Public Sector Fraud Authority to nudge Bounce Back Loan blaggers into repaying their ill-gotten gains:

Here is a Copy of the Letter the Public Sector Fraud Authority Have Sent Out to The Initial Batch of Suspected Bounce Back Loan Blaggers – Check to See What They Offer You and/or the Threats They Use and the Timeline You Have

The Public Sector Fraud Authority’s Single Network Analytics Platform (SNAP), is currently Churning Through the BBL Naughty List, Matching Up Connected Companies, Past and Present Company Directors, and Working Out How Many Additional, Not Yet Reported FCA Regulated Firms There are That Blagged the Bounce Back Loan Scheme

How Do They Know You Over-Egged Your Turnover or Over-Estimated Your Estimated Turnover (Yes, They Are Going After People for That Too) to Get a Bounce Back Loan?

How Many “Potential Fraud Red Flags” Have You Triggered? The 26 Red Flags Used as Part of the “BBL Summer of Love – BBL Winter of Regret” Recovery Action and Include “Turnover Over-Egging”, “Rapid Withdrawal of BBL Funds”, “Dormant Accounts” and “I.P.” Alerts

You can read more about that bill and the new powers it bestows on Civil Servants in the following guides:

PSFA Civil Penalties Powers in the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: Factsheet

PSFA Rights and Methods of Recovery in the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: Factsheet

PSFA Search and Seizure and Disposal of Property Powers in the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: Factsheet

PSFA Information Gathering and Sharing Powers in the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: Factsheet

Oversight, Inspections and Safeguards in the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: Factsheet

Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Overview: Factsheet

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