Lynette Horsburgh
BBC News, Lancashire
Getty ImagesA plasterer fraudulently exaggerated his turnover by more than £200,000 to take up huge business loans during the coronavirus pandemic and blew the money on “gambling and fantasy football”.
Jordan Allen “blatantly” lied to secure a £50,000 payment in 2020 – the maximum companies were entitled to under the scheme, the Insolvency Service said.
The 39-year-old who pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation, was actually only eligible to claim £5,000.
Allen, of Monarch Street in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court to 16 months in prison, suspended for two years.
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