Murat Dogantekin, a 52-year-old taxi driver from Exeter, was ordered at Exeter Crown Court on 8 September 2026 to repay £63,790 under a confiscation order, the Insolvency Service said. The order reflects the value of assets its financial investigators identified as available to him, and he was given three months to pay. If he fails, the agency said, he could face a further five years in prison and would still owe the full amount.

According to the Insolvency Service, Dogantekin secured £100,000 in Bounce Back Loans in May and June 2020 from separate banks by inflating his taxi business turnover by more than £350,000. He had declared earnings of £16,500 for the tax year ending in April 2020; investigators said he overstated turnover by £388,500 across the combined applications.

Investigators found £48,000 of the loan funds went toward a two-bedroom flat in Turkey, alongside a 2017 Peugeot bought for £2,840 and £800 spent on a pizza oven. No repayments were made before he was declared bankrupt in November 2021. He was jailed for two years and seven months in February 2025.