The Insolvency Service has banned cleaning company director Rafael Henrique Scher, 38, for nine years after an investigation found that nearly he had claimed £30,000 from the bounce back loan scheme after his company was insolvent.

The Insolvency Service also announced the eight-year extension to bankruptcy restrictions for takeaway owners Mujeebullah Khan, 34, and Muhammed Omair Javaid, 33 who applied for a loan of £50,000 after they had sold their business, and Malcolm Wilks, 57, who applied for a loan of £19,000 after his pub had entered an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA).

Scher was the sole director of N&S Solutions Ltd which was incorporated in 2018. The company entered administration in August 2019 with debts of around £150,000, it then later entered liquidation on 23 June 2020.