I’ve lifted this title from a headline in the Observer.
It isn’t going away this one is it?
Acuri is now the subject of a police investigation.
It has now been revealed that she lent £700000 to her company, shortly before she received a grant of TAX PAYERS MONEY, of £100000.
It is unclear where this £700000 came from.
Her main company Innotech Assets has negative assets of £350000, and Acuri is being sued in the US for $100000 debt.
Questions
How did the DCMS establish that the company was viable?
It has already admitted to waving a rule that any grant should not exceed half of the company’s revenue.
Guidelines say that grants should only be made to companies based in the U.K. This company appears to reside in California.
Acuri listed her place of residence as the U.K., but in fact she resides in the US
Mark Sedwill the top civil servant said that Acuri was given privileged slots on numerous overseas trade trips made by Johnson.
Why?
Len Duval chair of the GLA has written to Johnson demanding an explanation over the decision to award a friend public funds while mayor if London
And even more trouble for Johnson
The Greater London Authority’s monitoring officer has referred Johnson to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, which monitors complaints of police misconduct. Johnson was head of policing and crime, as mayor.
