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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Damon Wilkinson

Chicken shop boss disqualified after wrongly claiming £50,000 of covid support cash

A fried chicken shop boss has been disqualified after wrongly claiming more than £50,000 in covid support cash. Ifraz Nabi, 41, has been banned from running companies for seven years after he abused the Eat Out to Help Out and covid furlough schemes for his takeaway New York Krispy Fried Chicken in Levenshulme.

After the firm went into liquidation in November 2020, an investigation by the Insolvency Service found it 'failed to maintain or preserve adequate accounting records' so could not support the claims. Mr Nabi is reportedly the first company director to be disqualified for abusing emergency pandemic support.

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