November 2021 – Research by law firm BLM into potential misuse of coronavirus fiscal support schemes has revealed that by the close of June 2021, HM Revenues & Customers (HMRC) has launched nearly 15,000 investigations into the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) and Eat Out to Help Out Scheme (EOHO). These interventions may well uncover the extent that these schemes were fraudulently accessed during the pandemic.

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