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Serious failings in financial management and governance at a town council in Bridgend County Borough have been outlined in a report published by Audit Wales.
https://nation.cymru/news/audit-wales-report-finds-serious-financial-failings-at-town-council/
The UK’s new public sector fraud squad has its work cut out for it according to one legal expert, after ministers said the initiative would target misappropriated Covid-19 business loans.
https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/uk-public-sector-fraud-authority-important
THE DEPARTMENT for Communities has been urged to "get a grip" on benefit fraud after it was revealed that the amount lost to bogus welfare claims and payments made in error has soared to more than £200m.
https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2022/07/30/news/department_of_communities_told_to_get_a_grip_on_benefit_fraud_after_cost_of_bogus_welfare_claims_soars_to_200m-2785668/?param=ds441rif44T
The Home Office has been accused of failing to take fraud seriously as figures showed just 31 officials were dedicated to tackling the crime – less than a quarter of the number of its staff working on PR.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/home-office-has-four-times-as-many-people-in-pr-than-it-has-tackling-fraud/ar-AA107F22
The UK’s Insolvency Service has begun using new powers, given to it last December, to crack down on company directors that dissolve their firms to avoid making repayments on government backed loans.
https://www.cityam.com/uks-insolvency-service-uses-new-powers-to-crack-down-on-covid-loan-fraud/
Police are investigating possible cases of fraud worth £300,000 from a council's Covid recovery fund. Lincolnshire County Council said that it uncovered applications which "don't appear to be genuine" while carrying out financial checks.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cl7glng447xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
An Oxfordshire woman has been jailed for stealing more than £161,000 from parish councils.
https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2022-07-03/woman-jailed-for-stealing-161k-from-parish-councils
Joseph Morley falsely registered as a nurse on Malta with a degree from an 'unaccredited' university before attempting to join its UK equivalent.
https://news.stv.tv/west-central/former-paramedic-joseph-morley-sacked-as-care-home-manager-and-struck-off-register-over-malta-nursing-fraud
A post on Facebook falsely claims that more resources are devoted to combating benefit fraud than tax fraud.
https://fullfact.org/online/benefits-tax-fraud-evasion-dwp/
An MP has claimed PPE procurement during the pandemic squandered billions of pounds of public money and was at risk of fraud and significant profiteering.
https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/ppe-contract/
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