Four arrested over suspected home insulation scheme fraud
The Serious Fraud Office raided homes and businesses over alleged conspiracy to defraud public money.
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"The SFO investigation showed that the ECO4 scheme was looking increasingly like a 'charlatan's charter'."
— Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown , Politician
"This was a 'sophisticated and systemic fraud within the government's Energy Company Obligation 4 (ECO4) scheme'."
— Ross Corrigan , Other
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The Serious Fraud Office raided homes and businesses over alleged conspiracy to defraud public money.
The Serious Fraud Office has arrested four individuals and conducted searches at six properties across Britain as part of an investigation into a suspected £44 million fraud linked to the government's Energy Company Obligation 4 (ECO4) scheme, which aims to address fuel poverty and improve energy efficiency.
The Serious Fraud Office has arrested four individuals and searched six addresses over an alleged £44 million fraud involving a government energy efficiency scheme designed to tackle fuel poverty, with three companies—Warmfront, JJ Crump, and South Coast Insulation Services—under investigation for submitting fraudulent claims between 2022 and 2024.
The Serious Fraud Office has launched a public appeal and searched six sites across the UK as it announced a new investigation into three companies delivering Energy Company Obligation 4 (ECO4) contracts, with four individuals arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud following searches of four homes and two commercial sites.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has initiated an investigation into three UK companies—Warmfront, JJ Crump, and South Coast Insulation Services—suspected of defrauding energy companies of at least £44 million through fraudulent claims under the Energy Company Obligation 4 (ECO4) scheme.
The UK's Serious Fraud Office is investigating allegations that three companies were involved in a 'sophisticated conspiracy' to fraudulently claim at least £44 million from the government’s ECO4 scheme.
Four people have been arrested in the UK on fraud allegations, over claims that energy companies were defrauded out of £44 million as part of a suspected conspiracy connected to a government-backed energy program.
The Serious Fraud Office has arrested four individuals in connection with an investigation into companies delivering government energy efficiency contracts, with a public appeal for information regarding three companies—Warmfront, JJ Crump, and South Coast Installation Services—involved in Energy Company Obligation 4 (ECO4) projects between 2022 and 2024.
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