Suitcases of Covid cash smuggled out of UK

Criminals have been caught with suitcases stuffed with cash from a taxpayer-backed Covid loan scheme that has been repeatedly abused by fraudsters - with £50,000 gambled by one claimant while another used part of £35,000 on garden improvements. Border guards caught several people 'carrying large amounts of money' believed to be from the government's Bounce Back loan scheme which was then seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act, the Home Office said. -- More...