A crooked accountant who pocketed nearly £180,000 from a COVID-19 fraud has been jailed. Daniel Jee used the details of well-known organisations to make multiple claims over an 18-month period.

Jee, from Leamington Spa , submitted 49 false Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) claims from March 2020. He targeted clients of the Exeter-based firm where he worked.

The 32-year-old funneled the stolen cash into his own bank accounts, as reported by DevonLive . He fraudulently used the details of two elderly individuals and ten organisations, including Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Leukaemia Fund, and St Giles Animal Centre.

He submitted claims for more than £230,000 and blew the £179,218 he received on drugs, debts and gambling. In Octo

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