Public Sector

Scottish Water, the nation’s publicly-owned water provider, has been defrauded out of up to £500,000 after some of its employees used its vehicles to make cash on the side.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/crime/scottish-water-hit-by-500-000-scam-run-by-its-own-employees-1-4958157

A WORKER at a council-run care home stole prescription drugs and replaced them with paracetamol, a fraud report has revealed.

A fifty-one per cent rise in whistleblowers’ reports shows the system has “come of age”, and Shropshire Council employees are aware of it and trust it, the borough’s audit chairman has said.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/politics/2019/06/28/whistleblowing-system-is-working-chairman-says/

Teachers were reimbursed for money spent on classroom resources with cheques far in excess of what they were owed, a court heard.

A school's income rocketed after its headteacher and secretary – both accused of plundering funds – were suspended, a jury heard.

Additional resources needed to combat fraud and keep pace with the ever-changing methods of fraudsters.

https://businessnewswales.com/welsh-public-services-could-lose-up-to-1-billion-a-year-to-fraud/

GP surgeries in the Black Country could be receiving payments for more than 100,000 patients who may not exist, analysis of NHS figures reveals.

A headteacher accused of fraud was described as "manipulative" by her former colleague, a jury heard.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2019/06/21/former-smethwick-headteacher-accused-of-fraud-was-manipulative/

ROSS-ON-WYE town councillors revealed that there had been a case of fraud at the council earlier this year.

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/17704827.revelations-of-fraud-at-council/?ref=twtrec

A Blue Badge amnesty is being held in Luton throughout June to help cut down on disabled parking fraud.