Public Sector

Scottish Police reportedly called in 'Britain's FBI' to help on SNP investigations

Scottish cops asked 'Britain's FBI' to help with their probe into the missing SNP finances before arresting Nicola Sturgeon's husband.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/scottish-cops-asked-britains-fbi-to-help-with-probe-into-missing-snp-finances/ar-AA1aQ3lt

Government cash lost to fraud and error via Covid-19 business and jobs support schemes has been reduced by a third thanks to “hundreds of criminal investigations”, Rishi Sunak has claimed.

https://www.cityam.com/covid-cash-lost-to-fraud-down-by-third-because-were-going-after-everybody-sunak-claims/

WARRINGTON Borough Council's fraud team has closed hundreds of cases, resulting in saving the council more than £200,000.

https://uk.style.yahoo.com/fraud-team-warrington-borough-council-132347668.html

The Business Department is not expecting to recoup billions of taxpayers’ money lost to fraud and error in pandemic support.

https://www.icaew.com/insights/viewpoints-on-the-news/2023/apr-2023/pac-slams-government-for-billions-lost-to-fraud

Police probing SNP fraud claims are hunting for phone SIM cards, the MoS can reveal.

It is the latest twist in the probe into £600,000 of possible 'missing' SNP funds. SIM cards hold a record of texts and calls made, and police believe they would help them build a picture in relation to the 'missing' funds.

Police probing SNP fraud claims have seized a £110,000 luxury motorhome from ex-chief executive Peter Murrell's mother's house.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/fraud-police-probing-missing-funds-from-snp-seize-motorhome-from-nicola-sturgeon-s-in-law-s-drive/ar-AA19CTrY?li=BBoPRmx

THE SNP’s auditors have resigned amid a police investigation into the party’s finances.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23442316.snp-auditors-quit-peter-murrell-arrest-police-fraud-probe/?ref=twtrec

The UK Government has lost £21bn worth of taxpayers money due to fraud since the start of the pandemic, that is “very unlikely” to be unrecovered, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

https://www.cityam.com/pandemic-fraud-and-will-the-taxpayer-ever-get-it-back/

David Hall, 64, used his position as head of accounts at the University of Brighton to embezzle money.

In this on-demand webinar, Christopher Brennan and Simon Harris look at the mechanisms in the procurement regime which aim to keep government contracting clean by denying fraudsters, money-launderers and other criminals the opportunity to bid in public procurement exercises.

https://gowlingwlg.com/en/insights-resources/on-demand-webinars/2023/fraud-and-corruption-for-in-house-counsel/