Public Sector

The UK’s Insolvency Service has begun using new powers, given to it last December, to crack down on company directors that dissolve their firms to avoid making repayments on government backed loans.

https://www.cityam.com/uks-insolvency-service-uses-new-powers-to-crack-down-on-covid-loan-fraud/

Police are investigating possible cases of fraud worth £300,000 from a council's Covid recovery fund. Lincolnshire County Council said that it uncovered applications which "don't appear to be genuine" while carrying out financial checks.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cl7glng447xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

An Oxfordshire woman has been jailed for stealing more than £161,000 from parish councils.

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2022-07-03/woman-jailed-for-stealing-161k-from-parish-councils

Joseph Morley falsely registered as a nurse on Malta with a degree from an 'unaccredited' university before attempting to join its UK equivalent.

https://news.stv.tv/west-central/former-paramedic-joseph-morley-sacked-as-care-home-manager-and-struck-off-register-over-malta-nursing-fraud

A post on Facebook falsely claims that more resources are devoted to combating benefit fraud than tax fraud.

https://fullfact.org/online/benefits-tax-fraud-evasion-dwp/

An MP has claimed PPE procurement during the pandemic squandered billions of pounds of public money and was at risk of fraud and significant profiteering.

https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/ppe-contract/

Fraud and errors totalling £175,000 were found by council investigators in the past year.

https://www.irvinetimes.com/news/20191054.north-ayrshire-clampdown-fraud-nets-175-000-council/?ref=twtrec

SPECIALIST benefits office staff will be given the power to make arrests as part of a new push to crack down on welfare fraud.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/20152426.dwp-given-arrest-powers-draconian-fraud-crackdown/?ref=twtrec

Fraud and errors related to loans from the Government’s COVID-19 business support schemes will cost taxpayers “at least £4.9bn”, a parliamentary budget oversight group has said.

https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/westmidlands/news/2064050-eye-watering-fraud-levels-in-covid-loans-missed-by-government#.Yofs77v87m0.twitter

The Tories could have saved each UK household nearly £420 with the money they lost to fraud through “flaws” in their Covid business support schemes, Labour has claimed.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/conservatives-could-save-each-uk-household-nearly-%C2%A3420-with-money-lost-through-fraud-laws-labour-claims/ar-AAXfmus?ocid=st