Public Sector

Fears over “recurring weaknesses” in financial controls at Scotland’s councils have been raised after recent years saw a £1.1 million fraud, cash “diverted” from school funds and staff overpaid to the tune of £812,000.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scottish-councils-overpaid-staff-by-812-000-amid-fraud-fears-1-4905445

SCOTLAND’S councils are increasingly attractive targets for fraudsters because insecurities are being made worse by budget cuts, watchdogs have warned.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17564925.budget-cuts-making-scots-councils-ripe-for-fraud/?ref=twtrec

THERESA May has been accused of running away from questions about the legitimacy of 2016’s Brexit referendum.

https://www.thenational.scot/politics/17562043.theresa-may-refuses-to-answer-vote-leave-fraud-question/?ref=twtrec

75 websites fraudulently offering UK degrees have been closed since Prospects was appointed by the government to investigate bogus institutions in 2015 

A fraudster who attempted to sue Nuneaton's hospital for £2.3million after claiming medics left her disabled has been jailed for lying.

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - The families of murdered Slovak and Maltese journalists on Friday backed Romania’s former chief anti-graft prosecutor’s bid to become the EU’s first fraud prosecutor - against the wishes of her country’s government.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eu-romania-kovesi/families-of-killed-reporters-back-romanias-kovesi-for-eu-fraud-prosecutor-idUKKCN1RH258

The £12m fraud operation targeted bodies including Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust and Middlesbrough Council

A woman posed as a doctor and five other health professionals to persuade elderly people to pay for services.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-47752977

A conman is facing jail after he claimed up to £4.7million of European Union and Welsh Government grants by falsely saying he was developing a plant to breed worms for fishing bait.

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2019-03-28/conman-faces-jail-after-claiming-4-7m-of-taxpayers-money-in-fishing-bait-scam/

Seven benefit assessors have been sentenced to prison for a total of 17 years for their roles in housing benefit fraud which saw more than £1m stolen from three councils in London.

https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/gang-imprisoned-stealing-more-ps1m-housing-benefits-london-councils