Public Sector

Following a decision by the CPS, a Member of Parliament has today been charged with offences in relation to claims he made for Parliamentary expenses.

A FORMER MP from East Renfrewshire is due to stand trial later this year for allegedly embezzling more than £40,000.

https://www.barrheadnews.com/news/17450682.natalie-mcgarry-east-renfrewshire-woman-appears-in-court-over-alleged-fraud/?ref=twtrec

A new report to the council’s audit committee says that preventing fraud in the local authority in the year 2017/18 identified savings of £450,000.

Every year, close to £1.3 billion is defrauded from the NHS. It is a shocking attack on an organisation that needs every penny for patient care. What may surprise those who don’t know about the scale of fraud against the health service is how much of that money is stolen by insiders.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/nhs-fraud-squad-catching-medical-insiders-stealing-13-billion/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw

A council worker who abused his position to steal £80,000 of public money from Rochdale council has been sentenced to jail for 18 months after his “fool-proof plan to get rich” was uncovered.

http://www.publicsectorexecutive.com/Public-Sector-News/rochdale-council-worker-jailed-for-80000-theft-in-desperately-flawed-con-job?dorewrite=false#.XF9R0szU7dg.twitter#.XF9R0szU7dg.twitter

Kent County Council’s Counter Fraud Team has secured its first prosecution as it cracks down on blue badge misuse in the county.

https://kccmediahub.net/blue-badge-cheat-faces-750-bill-after-counter-fraud-team-prosecution745

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - In the wake of Danske Bank’s money laundering scandal, an EU committee will visit Estonia and Denmark this week to meet regulators, prosecutors and the bank’s new management to discuss ways to crack down harder on fraud.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-danske-bank-moneylaundering/eu-anti-fraud-group-heads-for-estonia-denmark-to-learn-danske-bank-lessons-idUKKCN1PU1R3

Cyber criminals used a range of techniques, as well as malware, malicious emails and calls, in attempts to access confidential financial data belonging to students, in massive uptick in attacks in the past year

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252456975/Massive-uptick-in-cyber-attacks-targeting-Student-Loans-Company

Every year, close to £1.3 billion is defrauded from the NHS. It is a shocking attack on an organisation that needs every penny for patient care. What may surprise those who don’t know about the scale of fraud against the health service is how much of that money is stolen by insiders.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/nhs-fraud-squad-catching-medical-insiders-stealing-13-billion/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw

Fiona Onasanya, the Labour MP and solicitor jailed yesterday for three months, has been told she is likely to be struck off.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/convicted-solicitor-mp-told-she-faces-being-struck-off