Public Sector

Read about the impact fraud has on the NHS and what you can do about it.

https://cfa.nhs.uk/fraud-prevention/what-is-nhs-fraud

The Cabinet Office has said the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) has saved over £300 million in taxpayers’ money over the last two years by detecting and preventing fraud and error in the public sector.

https://www.ukauthority.com/articles/government-claims-300-million-savings-over-two-years-from-national-fraud-initiative/

UK universities are among those targeted by a cyber threat group associated with the Iranian government

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252447510/UK-universities-targeted-by-Iranian-hackers

A council worker has admitted defrauding around £60,000 from the Grenfell Tower victim fund.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-45354033

A Kensington and Chelsea Council worker has been charged with two counts of fraud by abuse of position, one count of theft by employee and one count of money laundering. accused of taking money meant for those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.

http://www.itv.com/news/london/2018-08-30/council-worker-charged-for-grenfell-tower-fraud/

The recently established NHS Counter Fraud Authority is seeking a supplier of commercial fraud analytics software as it looks to tackle an estimated £1.25 billion annual fraud problem across the National Health Service.

https://www.cbronline.com/news/nhs-fraud-data-help

The FoI request, carried out by IT services company Comparex, received 81 complete or partial responses from London borough, metropolitan and county councils in England

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252447337/Councils-at-risk-from-unsupported-Windows-Server-and-SQL-Server

A senior NHS manager who treated his local trust as his "personal cash machine" has been jailed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-45100817

The charity is asking for the company to reinstate funding for students whose instalments are being withheld without any proof of fraud.

http://www.thenationalstudent.com/Student/2018-08-11/we_spoke_to_estranged_students_about_facebook_monitoring_by_the_student_loan_company.html

Fraud affecting the NHS is a £1.29 billion-a-year problem that takes money away from frontline patient care.

http://www.nhsconfed.org/blog/2018/08/together-we-can-fight-nhs-fraud-and-return-vital-funds-to-health-services