Public Sector

A payroll administrator who stole more than £120,000 from her employer has been sentenced.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/woman-sentenced-after-120000-payroll-fraud/

NICOLA Sturgeon has refused to say whether she has been questioned by police, or expects to be, as part of the investigation into possible fundraising fraud at the SNP.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23323606.sturgeon-dodges-question-snp-fraud-probe-quits/?ref=twtrec

A bogus psychiatrist has been convicted of a “deliberate and wicked deception” after faking a medical degree certificate and working for a number of health trusts.

https://www.irishnews.com/news/uknews/2023/02/15/news/bogus_psychiatrist_facing_lengthy_prison_sentence_after_being_convicted_of_fraud-3063108/?param=ds441rif44T

THURROCK’S counter fraud team is continuing to prove its worth, having detected crimes amounting to almost £240,000 reports the Local Democracy Reporter.

https://www.yourthurrock.com/2023/02/17/thurrock-councils-successful-fraud-team-may-face-cuts-to-due-debts/

FORMER Belfast councillor Jolene Bunting has been reported to the police by Britain First for alleged fraud.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/23319383.ex-belfast-councillor-reported-police-britain-first-fraud/?ref=twtrec

NICOLA Sturgeon is facing more questions over the SNP’s finances as police step up their investigation into a potential fundraising fraud,

https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23315583.sturgeon-pressure-police-step-snp-fraud-probe/

Sheffield Hallam constituents say it is "too little too late" after Jared O'Mara apologised to them before being jailed for fraud.

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has arrested three Brits over claims they ran a fraudulent company that brokered $35m (£29m) worth of PPE procurement deals at the height of Covid-19.

https://www.cityam.com/three-brits-arrested-over-29m-ppe-fraud-during-covid-19/

A former Labour MP has been found guilty of making fraudulent expenses claims to fund a cocaine habit while in office.

https://www.cityam.com/convicted-ex-labour-mp-jared-omara-guilty-of-fraud-to-fund-cocaine-habit-while-in-office/

A jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of a former MP accused of making fraudulent expense claims to fund a cocaine habit.

https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23304588.jury-retires-consider-verdicts-trial-former-mp-accused-fraud/