Public Sector

The family of a headteacher joined forces in a bid to get her niece’s boyfriend to accept full responsibility for a money spinning fraud at her school, a jury heard.

THE former Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Ireland Events Company (NIEC) is to stand trial in the new year on charges of fraud and misconduct in a public office.

The NHS Counter Fraud Authority has identified possible fraud around GP capitation fees among priority action areas for 2019/20 - amid concerns over record numbers of so-called 'ghost' patients.

https://www.gponline.com/nhs-counter-fraud-authority-investigate-losses-fraud-general-practice/article/1587290

The NHS fraud squad is investigating GPs in England amid suspicions they are claiming for non-existent patients.

Secretary Deborah Jones said her husband’s firm was paid around £74,000 for phantom work at the school where she worked, a jury heard.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2019/06/09/school-secretary-husbands-firm-paid-74k-for-phantom-work/

A headteacher and her secretary spent up to £16,000-a-time of their school’s money on a series of spending sprees during a fraud, it has been claimed.

A crackdown by NAC's corporate fraud squad secured £132,000 for the local authority.

https://www.irvinetimes.com/news/17688948.fraud-crackdown-secures-132000-for-north-ayrshire-council/?ref=twtrec

Former SNP MP Natalie McGarry has been jailed for 18 months for embezzling money from pro-independence groups.

I work for the NHSCFA, which is leading the fight against NHS fraud at the national level. Our dedicated FCU supports our National Investigation Service with all their investigations. These are typically sensitive, higher value and more complex frauds against the NHS, which may also be “cross-border”, impacting on a number of different NHS bodies.

http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Comment/nhs-counter-fraud-who-cares-about-iso-170252005#.XPblDkBiOLo.twitter

Urgent action is needed to tackle large-scale fraud involving European Union project funding, according to the European Court of Auditors. Nicola Sharp of business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli believes that such changes cannot come quick enough.

http://www.mondaq.com/uk/x/809868/White+Collar+Crime+Fraud/Urgent+Action+Is+Needed+To+Tackle+LargeScale+Fraud+Involving+European+Union+Project+Funding+According+To+The+European+Court+Of+Auditors