Businessman blew covid loan cash on wife’s underwear

A disgraced company director used £300,000 in fraudulent bounce back loads to buy an Audi with a personalised plate and underwear for his wife, a court heard. Steven Brookes, 40, was banned as a company director in 2010 and used his wife’s name to apply for six loans without her knowledge. He used the cash for luxury family holidays to Disneyland and Tenerife and paid £7,000 in fees for his daughter to attend an independent day and boarding school in…