Organized Crime Is Stealing Billions From U.K. Job Aid Programs
- Audit office says criminal gangs account for half of all fraud
- Government’s rush to deliver support opened door to deceit
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Criminal gangs may have received as much 2 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) from the U.K.’s rush to deliver wage support during the pandemic.
While Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s furlough programs have sustained millions of workers through the crisis, the rush to build them from scratch opened the door to massive fraud, according to the National Audit Office.