Merle Oper, 46, was the director of Tempus Admin Ltd when it applied for a Covid Bounce Back Loan (BBL) in October 2020.
Tempus, based at Clevelands Drive in Heaton, applied for a loan of £50,000, which is £23,000 more than it was “legitimately entitled to”.
Companies House states that there is an active proposal to strike off the company.
A disqualification outcome report on The Insolvency Service’s website states that Ms Oper has now been disqualified from being a director of any company for 10 years, from March 5.
Under the BBL scheme, businesses could apply for a loan of between £2,000 and £50,000 subject to a maximum of up to 25 per cent of turnover.
The Insolvency Service report says: “The…
