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Fraud and errors totalling £175,000 were found by council investigators in the past year.
https://www.irvinetimes.com/news/20191054.north-ayrshire-clampdown-fraud-nets-175-000-council/?ref=twtrec
SPECIALIST benefits office staff will be given the power to make arrests as part of a new push to crack down on welfare fraud.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/20152426.dwp-given-arrest-powers-draconian-fraud-crackdown/?ref=twtrec
Fraud and errors related to loans from the Government’s COVID-19 business support schemes will cost taxpayers “at least £4.9bn”, a parliamentary budget oversight group has said.
https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/westmidlands/news/2064050-eye-watering-fraud-levels-in-covid-loans-missed-by-government#.Yofs77v87m0.twitter
The Tories could have saved each UK household nearly £420 with the money they lost to fraud through “flaws” in their Covid business support schemes, Labour has claimed.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/conservatives-could-save-each-uk-household-nearly-%C2%A3420-with-money-lost-through-fraud-laws-labour-claims/ar-AAXfmus?ocid=st
A new £25 million central government taskforce that will enlist an elite team of experts to crack-down on fraudsters who attempt to steal taxpayers’ cash will be operational by the summer, the Chancellor will announce today (27 April).
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-fraud-squad-will-crack-down-on-criminals-who-steal-taxpayer-money
CONSERVATIVE peer Michelle Mone has had her home raided by police as part of a probe into allegations of multi-million pound PPE fraud.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/20102728.michelle-mones-home-raided-amid-nca-probe-ppe-fraud-allegations/?ref=twtrec
A WARRANT for the arrest of a man who allegedly obtained more than £600,000 illegally under the Eat Out To Help Out scheme has been issued after he failed to turn up to court.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/20101613.eat-help-man-allegedly-obtained-600k-illegally/?ref=twtrec
A Bishop Auckland councillor who defrauded the NHS and a trade union out of more than £80,000 has been jailed.
https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2022-04-14/bishop-auckland-councillor-who-defrauded-more-than-80k-from-nhs-has-been-jailed
Government fraud investigators are looking into contracts to supply the NHS with PPE during the pandemic, officials at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have said.
https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/20081449.government-fraud-investigators-probe-ppe-contracts-mps-told/?ref=twtrec
Niall Hearty of financial crime specialists Rahman Ravelli takes a look at whether the recently-announced Public Sector Fraud Authority will be effective.
https://www.lawyer-monthly.com/2022/04/will-the-public-sector-fraud-authority-be-effective/
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