Recent revelations that a UK government-backed unit, tasked with investigating widespread abuse of a Covid bounce-back loan scheme, recovered only a fraction of suspected fraud should come as no surprise.
Earlier this month, The Times revealed that only £7.2m ($9.6m) of more than £1 billion ($1.33 billion) of suspected fraud
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