Covid wage subsidy scheme being used for 'robbery' says Revenue Commissioners chair

'Fraudulent criminal cases, small number though they are, are essentially robbery, rather than the tax evasion we are used to,' said Revenue chairman Niall Cody. File picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The employment wage subsidy scheme (EWSS) is being used by some recipients for “essentially robbery”, says the Revenue Commissioners.

Revenue chairman Niall Cody said the cases of fraud he has seen, which have been referred to the gardaí, are “not like normal tax evasion”.