Being made to work on furlough

[Mumm111]

Hi I have just found out my boss has been making me work while I'm stiff on furlough and have been since may! He was giving me a little money cash in hand at first and I was to stupid not to realise what was going on as a few other people where getting the same I was just told this is what was happening with everyone just now and I didn't question it (yes it was stupid of me). I dont know what to do as I dont feel comfortable with this but I'm to scared to complain and maybe end up losing my job. I'm a single mother of 2 and I need the money I cant risk losing my job. I only found all this out as I have had to isolate and I applied for the self isolation grant and was asked to get my boss to confirm my end of furlough date and when I asked this I was told I have never been mistaken off furlough! So now I cant get the grant and he is making me use my holidays for my time off or he said I need to work back the days I have been off! If my boss finds out i have even made this post he would 100% find any excuse to fire me I'm so scared i loose my job. I am also now scared as technically I have committed fraud that I didn't even know I was doing. I also know it was stupid of me not realising what he was doing until now but this is my first job and I didn't even think.
Any advice would be brilliant
Thank you

You have not committed fraud, your boss has. He is claiming back your wages from tax payers (ie stealing from your neighbours, friends and relations) and getting your services for free. That is despicable.

You need to report him asap but obviously it's totally understandable if you wait till you can get another job lined up first. If you shrug and don't start job hunting right away but decide you are better off staying put you would then be colluding with the fraud, so don't do that.

You haven't committed fraud, your boss has.
Have you not had any pay slips? I'm back at work now but as our Company is still using furlough I am still topped up with furlough if my hours fall below the usual and it clearly shows on my payslip - hours worked and then furlough in great detail.
Do you work for a big company or a small place?
This is so shocking that I'm wondering if it's like me and your company is still using furlough if people are off or have less hours as that would mean you're on flexible furlough so technically still on it.

It's easy for everybody to say report him but I personally wouldn't if I knew my job would be at risk.

Yeah I have already started looking for a new job but worried to change job in case of another lockdown.

Just looked and my pay slip so check and it says I have work 0 hours! I have worked my exact same usual hours not had any change in them at all. I work for a well known company but its franchised so my boss owns this shop but not the entire company if you know what I mean.

You need to report your boss here https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/shortforms/form/TEHIRF??_ga=2.46101348.1750539841.1623534440-419214828.1616781390

Also - I see that you work for a franchise branch of a bigger company. Does that bigger company have a whistle blowing line? Lots of companies do.

You've not done anything wrong her e