Each of the three loans was for the maximum amount of £50,000, and were for Akyuz’s companies Green and Hove Limited, a food and grocery shop with a cafe, and Leather Wear Limited, an importer of bags and belts.

Both firms had been incorporated in 2019 with him as sole director.

He claimed the cafe had a turnover of £270,000, and the import firm between £215,000 and £225,000.

However, the cafe had filed dormant accounts between 2020 and 2021, and the import firm between 2020 and 2022.