Covid support schemes left ‘open goal’ to fraudsters, says watchdog

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Covid support schemes left ‘open goal’ to fraudsters, says watchdog
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Public Accounts Committee report says business department efforts to identify fraud came after trails had ‘long ago gone cold’

The business department’s handling of Covid support schemes left an “open goal” to fraudsters and embezzlers that has added “billions to taxpayer woes”, parliament’s spending watchdog has found.

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