Public Sector

A man who appeared on the National Crime Agency's 10 most wanted fraudsters campaign has been jailed for nine and a half years. Bayo Awonorin, 44, admitted two charges of conspiring with others to defraud public institutions and to convert criminal property.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47056051

Anti-fraud activity has saved Northumberland taxpayers almost £900,000 in just six months, simply through the scrutiny of Right to Buy applications.

https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/council-team-roots-out-right-to-buy-fraudsters-in-northumberland-1-9563042

Since April 2018 the fraud investigations team at County Hall has helped provide information to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in 198 fraud cases involving members of the public which had an overpayment value of £636,086.                                                                                                          

https://cornishstuff.com/2019/01/29/council-fraud-team-report/

Police have been called to investigate an “internal fraud” case at Telford & Wrekin Council.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2019/01/26/internal-fraud-case-investigated-at-telford-wrekin-council/

A former Tesco executive recently cleared over the retail giant’s £250m accounting scandal is suing the supermarket following the collapse of the Serious Fraud Office's (SFO) case against him last year.

AA’s audit committee chair Steve Barber said auditors often cannot discover fraud and collusion at senior levels in firms.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2019/01/23/management-should-take-blame-first-for-accounting-frauds-mps-told/

The case against the third defendant in the Tesco fraud trial Carl Rogberg has been dropped today.

http://www.cityam.com/272063/charges-dropped-against-former-tesco-executive-carl-rogberg

A council housing manager defrauded his employers of £300,000 to help "vulnerable" people because he felt guilty, a court heard.

Seven benefit assessors who worked for London councils, including Lambeth, have been convicted of housing benefit fraud worth more than £1 million.

https://www.brixtonblog.com/2019/01/seven-council-workers-convicted-of-housing-benefit-fraud/?cn-reloaded=1

A member of parliament from Prime Minister Theresa May’s minority ruling Conservative Party was cleared on Wednesday of declaring false expenses during Britain’s 2015 national election in which he narrowly beat leading Brexit figure Nigel Farage.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-politics-mackinlay/mp-cleared-of-election-expenses-fraud-aide-convicted-idUKKCN1P3206