{"id":82159,"date":"2025-12-10T00:42:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=82159"},"modified":"2025-12-10T00:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:42:04","slug":"covid-fraud-cost-taxpayers-10-9bn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2025\/12\/10\/covid-fraud-cost-taxpayers-10-9bn\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid fraud cost taxpayers \u00a310.9bn"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1S1SF7.img?w=534&amp;h=334&amp;m=6&amp;x=468&amp;y=757&amp;s=125&amp;d=125\" alt=\"Many schemes were rolled out quickly with significant risks, according to the Covid counter-fraud commissioner - Jeff J Mitchell\/Pool\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fraud and error linked to financial support programmes during the\u00a0<a class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/uk-coronavirus-lockdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">coronavirus pandemic<\/a> cost taxpayers \u00a310.9bn, a report has found.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/covid-fraud-cost-taxpayers-10-9bn\/ar-AA1S1DPK?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=6938becc84094e5da3c4a82ec0f1aa90&amp;ei=17\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"intra-article-module\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;intraArticle&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13}\">\n<div class=\"articlePageIntraArticleFullWidth ad-slot-placeholder left-image-intra-ad full-bleed-image-intra-ad\" data-ad-index=\"0\">\n<div class=\"intra-article-ad-full left-image-intra-ad full-bleed-image-intra-ad\">\n<div>\n<div 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