Human resources manager Timilehin Yvette Olasemo made eight separate claims for bounce-back loans on behalf of her employer Essex Cares Ltd, obtaining £297,000 in the process.
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Three arrested as detectives probe Covid-19 Bounce Back loans fraud ORGANISED crime squad officers raided properties across Wiltshire in a probe into a coronavirus loan fraud. Three people have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering, the government’s National Investigation Service said. The agency, which investigates corruption in the public sector, said the alleged fraud involved the use of false information and documents to obtain Bounce Back loans from various banks. The loan scheme, which lent out more than £45bn to small and medium-sized businesses to help them remain afloat during the pandemic, let firms to apply for loans of up to £50,000. The loans were backed by the government.
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Two Jailed for Fraud and Money Laundering After Scamming COVID-19 Loan Scheme
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Timilehin Yvette Olasemo spotted potential loopholes to defraud the government s Coronavirus Bounce Back loan scheme, which was set up with minimum security checks to speed up the application process for businesses hit hard by the pandemic lockdown.
Two Londoners have been jailed for fraud and money-laundering after they scammed banks out almost £300,000 meant for COVID-hit businesses.
Timilehin Yvette Olasemo of Romford was sentenced to three years and two months at Southwark Crown Court on Wednesday for conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation, while Olufumi David Akinneye of Lambeth got five years and six months for conspiracy to money launder and conspiracy to commit fraud.
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5:59 PM March 17, 2021
Timilehin Yvette Olasemo, of Bedale Road, was given a prison sentence of three years and two months for her part in a fraudulent scheme which scammed money from eight innocent people.
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A woman from Harold Hill has been jailed for her part in a loan scheme scam which saw £489,000 obtained fraudulently from eight people.
On March 17, Timilehin Yvette Olasemo, of Bedale Road, was given a prison sentence of three years and two months for conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation.
She and co-defendant Olufumi David Akinneye, of Cowthorpe Road, Lambeth, exploited a government loan scheme to fraudulently obtain the money using the identities of eight unknowing individuals.