Birmingham council highways worker jailed after £1m fraud
A former council highways worker has been jailed for four years and eight months for stealing almost £1m from Birmingham City Council. On 15 December 2022 at Birmingham Crown Court, Tyler Evans...
View ArticleScaffolding boss banned after abusing covid loan scheme
A Birmingham scaffolding boss has been banned from running a business for 11 years after fraudulently claiming £50,000 in bounce back covid loan support. David McGuinness, director of MC-Dalt...
View ArticleConstruction gang sentenced in NI’s biggest-ever tax fraud case
A total of 27 members of a gang that created a false audit trail to enable clients to operate in the construction industry without paying tax or VAT have been sentenced. The group created 16 bogus...
View ArticleHMRC finds £110m of fraud and error in construction R&D claims
HMRC has revealed £110m of fraud and error in R&D tax relief claimed by SMEs in the construction sector in 2020-21. The figures are published in a new report ahead of tighter R&D rules coming...
View ArticleBuilder jailed after cheating client in £700k refurbishment project
A builder who conned his client on a £700,000 home refurbishment has been jailed for four years following an investigation by Trading Standards officers. Jimmy Lee, director of Myint Construction Ltd,...
View ArticleContractor ordered to repay fraudulently obtained covid loan
A self-employed construction contractor from East London has been ordered to pay £10,000 within one week after transferring a covid support loan to his personal account. Adam Lennard, 58, applied for...
View ArticleSuspended sentence for two over construction covid loan fraud
A father and son have been handed suspended sentences following a prosecution by the Insolvency Service for abusing a covid recovery scheme. James Leslie, 45, submitted inflated turnover figures to...
View ArticleConstruction director banned for 13 years after abusing covid loan
The owner of a former Bedfordshire construction firm has been banned as a company director for 13 years after fraudulently obtaining a £50,000 covid loan. The ban is just two years short of the...
View ArticleOver £500k ‘potentially’ lost to building safety fraud, NAO reveals
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government could have lost over £500,000 due to "potential fraud" of the Building Safety Fund – a government funding scheme to fix fire safety issues of...
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