A disgraced ex-councillor who tried to pocket nearly half a million pounds' in the Government's Eat Out To Help Out vouchers has been jailed.
Shameless Mohammed Ikram used his two café businesses to claim for £430,000 from the scheme set up to support hospitality businesses re-opening after the first coronavirus lockdown in 2020.
A court heard the 36-year-old from Keighley, West Yorkshire, set up seven fake food outlets to claim the funds on offer for cafés, bars and restaurants.
