A sum of £743,822 was paid out to businesses in error or through fraud, with most already retrieved.
Norwich City Council is trying to claw back almost £100,000 is wrongly-claimed covid grants
Norwich City Council said the money was intended to help struggling businesses at the height of the pandemic.The authority had successfully reclaimed £652,146, leaving £91,676 still unaccounted for, theFraudulent claims included cases where there was no eligibility but the grant had been paid "in good faith", the council said.
The council refused to share any information about whether the cases of fraud had been passed on to the police.
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