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Covid fraudster jailed after pocketing £180,000
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The Stratford Observer
A FORMER junior accountant from Leamington has been jailed after pocketing £180,000 in a Covid claim fraud.
Daniel Jee, submitted 49 false Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme claims over an 18-month period from March 2020.
The now 32-year-old targeted clients of the Exeter-based accountancy firm he worked at, and used their details to submit false claims.
He used the details of ten businesses and two elderly clients to submit claims totalling £230,369, £179,218 of which was paid to Jee.
Jee was caught after HMRC questioned some of the claims and the firm he worked for launched an internal investigation.
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