HMRC launches 13,000 investigations into COVID-19 support schemes
Published by Michael Graves on Tue, 20/07/2021 - 8:55amHMRC has launched nearly 13,000 investigations into alleged abuse of the government's coronavirus (COVID-19) financial support schemes.
A freedom of information request revealed that, up to the end of March 2021, HMRC opened 12,828 investigations into alleged cases of fraud. 7,384 of these investigations related to abuse of the COVID-19 support schemes.