Opinion: Are fraudsters to escape justice in UK COVID fraud crackdown?

Tony McClements laments the UK Government’s failure to take on the fraudsters and argues the value of deterrence must be shown.

There have been some appalling repercussions of fraudulent COVID-19 relief loans. These were provided as part of UK government efforts to keep businesses afloat during the COVID pandemic.

Fraudulent loans

Some of these loans, backed by the public purse, were shamelessly exploited by the dishonest, leading to estimates of huge

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