In July, video game composer Peter Connelly, 52, of Peterlee in Durham, who had worked on the Tomb Raider series, was jailed for 16 months for Covid fraud.

He’d already had one, legitimate, bounceback loan of £22,000 when he applied for a second of £37,500. Only a single loan was allowed – up to a maximum value of £50,000.

Connelly also overstated his turnover as £150,000, when it was only £58,000 in order to qualify for the larger sum. New Feature

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Then there’s Mohammed Rashidzadeh, 34, who used his £50,000 bouncebank loan in June 2020 to buy a semi-detached house in Huddersfield – closing down his Cozy Bed business eight days after receiving the money. He was jailed for 18 months in September.

And Craig Smith, 42, of Dudley, who set

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