Bradford pair arrested on suspicion of £3.4 million furlough fraud A MAN and a woman from Bradford have been arrested as part of an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation into a suspected £3.4 million Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) fraud. HMRC’s Taxpayer Protection Taskforce officers executed a search warrant in the Bradford area and arrested a 35-year-old man and 36-year-old woman on April 28. Both were arrested on suspicion of cheating the public revenue, VAT evasion and money laundering. Both individuals were also arrested in relation to a suspected multi-million-pound tax fraud and have been released under investigation. More than £6 million held in bank accounts controlled by the pair have been frozen by HMRC.