Fraudster who posed as Greggs manager to swindle £710,000 in grants jailed

Aftab Baig posed as the manager of all 32 branches in Leeds when making bogus small business grant claims from town hall bosses at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic (Picture: Ben Lack Photography/PA)A fraudster who pretended to work for Greggs to con the council out of more than £700,000 in Covid grants has been jailed for four years.Aftab Baig, 47, of Glasgow, contacted Leeds City Council in May 2020 claiming to be a group property manager at Greggs head office.The ‘aut