Public Sector

  • 11 Oct 2020 4:39 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Up to 60% of emergency pandemic loans made under the Bounce Back scheme may never be repaid, a report by the government's spending watchdog says.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54432916


  • 04 Oct 2020 8:51 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A WOMAN who spent 22 years employed as an NHS psychiatrist has appeared before magistrates accused of conning medical regulators by presenting them with a fake degree.

    https://www.in-cumbria.com/news/18761936.doctor-jobs-based-fake-degree/?ref=twtrec


  • 04 Oct 2020 5:53 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Amid recent concerns reported by the BBC that some are taking advantage of the Government’s schemes to support businesses affected by coronavirus, what are the real risks? John Binns and Andrew Watson investigate.

    https://www.bcl.com/biting-the-hand-that-feeds-you-fraud-against-coronavirus-business-support-schemes/


  • 04 Oct 2020 5:42 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Britain’s crime agency will investigate organised crime linked to the government’s bounce back loan scheme, launched to help businesses through the pandemic.

     https://www.cityam.com/crime-agency-to-probe-governments-bounce-back-loan-scheme/


  • 04 Oct 2020 5:32 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The state-owned British Business Bank issued formal objections to the government’s coronavirus Bounce Back Loan and Future Fund schemes ahead of their launch, newly-released documents show.

    https://www.cityam.com/state-owned-bank-raised-concerns-over-bounce-back-loans-fraud-risk/


  • 04 Oct 2020 4:40 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Government financial support in response to the pandemic has created ideal conditions for fraud to flourish around the world. Once again, accountants are on the frontline, finds Christian Doherty

    https://www.icaew.com/insights/quarterly/quarterly-issue3/accountants-fight-boom-in-postpandemic-fraud


  • 27 Sep 2020 10:43 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A former employee of Strabane Health Centre has been returned for trial in relation to false prescriptions and allegedly altering clinical record systems.

    http://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2020/09/25/news/former-health-centre-employee-returned-for-trial-on-fraud-charges-2077453/?param=ds441rif44T


  • 27 Sep 2020 10:38 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    LONDON (Reuters) - Securities and tax regulators should have new powers to share information for cracking down on fraudulent tax reclaim schemes, the European Union’s markets watchdog said on Thursday.

    https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eu-markets-tax/eu-watchdog-calls-for-tax-data-sharing-powers-to-combat-fraud-idUKKCN26F18N


  • 27 Sep 2020 10:23 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    construction services division accounted for more than half of all whistleblowing allegations made against the local authority in the last year, according to a new report.

    https://www.scottishconstructionnow.com/article/council-construction-division-at-centre-of-fraud-probe-faced-15-allegations-from-whistleblowers


  • 21 Sep 2020 1:46 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Here, Fiscal Technologies offers insight and a unique solution to turn AP from reactive to proactive to defend against fraud and error

    https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/combatting-fraud-a-proactive-approach-to-ap-operations/94655/


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