By Stefan Boscia The Treasury has decided to close down its unit charged with recovering money stolen through Covid fraud, after clawing back hundreds of millions less than expected. The £100m Taxpayer Protection Taskforce was set up by former chancellor Rishi Sunak to recover some of the estimated £5.8bn lost to fraud through three Covid support schemes. The Treasury aimed to recover between £800m and £1bn from fraudsters, however the Sunday Times today reported the government had revised this figure down to between £525m and £625m. It is now set to close down the unit in March next year, whi…