Public Sector

Police have been asked to investigate an allegation of fraud within the SNP linked to cash raised for a drive towards a second independence referendum.

Police Scotland asked to investigate allegation of SNP indyref2 fighting fund fraud | The Scotsman

Ransomware attack on Harris Federation comes just days after a fresh NCSC alert for the education sector

Ransomware attack on London schools highlights warnings (computerweekly.com)

Police have been told to investigate Covid loan fraud only when there is evidence of links to organised crime.

Police told not to focus on upto £15 Billion of Covid-19 bounce back loans fraud (bmmagazine.co.uk)

Procurement fraud deprives the public purse of an estimated £12.3bn a year. We speak to Crowe Partner Jim Gee about why investing in strong anti-fraud strategies is good business and ethical sense.

Tackling public sector procurement fraud: ‘a smart investment’ | ICAEW

A senior army officer has been jailed for 21 months for falsely claiming almost £50,000 in allowances to pay for his children’s boarding school fees.

Major general jailed for 21 months for Dorset boarding school fee fraud (msn.com)

A senior army officer has been found guilty of dishonestly claiming almost £50,000 in allowances to pay for his children’s boarding school fees.

Senior army officer convicted of £48,000 Dorset boarding school fee fraud (msn.com)

Companies have borrowed more than £70 billion in Government-backed lending, during a year since British businesses were given their first loans lifelines through the Covid-19 crisis.

They ‘saved business’ – a year on from the Government’s company loans | ITV News

NORTH Ayrshire Council is set to splash out £250,000 on the three year salary for a digital officer to safeguard the local authority from cyber attacks.

Criticism as council set to splurge £250,000 on digital officer to safeguard against cyber crime | Largs and Millport Weekly News (largsandmillportnews.com)

Chairman of the Fraud Advisory Panel David Clarke explains how we could disrupt fraudsters’ attempts to exploit the government’s COVID financial aid packages.

Four lessons the UK should learn from COVID fraud | ICAEW

A number of companies that made claims under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be investigated by HM Revenue & Customs.

https://propertyindustryeye.com/covid-19-fraud-hmrc-taskforce-may-go-some-way-to-recouping-billions-of-pounds/