Public Sector

A former councillor who was jailed for housing fraud must pay £180,000 or face returning to prison.

http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/crime-court/former-tower-hamlets-councillor-must-pay-back-110-000-housing-fraud-gains-or-face-returning-to-jail-1-5598807

The NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) is working with NHS Supply Chain to deliver the message about NHS fraud to health bodies across large areas of England and Wales.

https://cfa.nhs.uk/about-nhscfa/latest-news/trucks-deliver-NHS-fraud-message

A crackdown on public sector waste and fraud across Scotland has made almost £19 million of savings from withdrawing blue parking badges, removing council tax discounts and cancelling pensions being paid to people who have died.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scottish-public-sector-saves-19m-in-fraud-and-waste-by-sharing-data-1-4764225

Council agrees new rules on mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2018/06/20/crime-will-no-longer-pay-eu-agree-new-rules-on-mutual-recognition-of-freezing-and-confiscation-orders/pdf

The sum totalled around £35,000 and involved three residents and different homes. The money was recovered after data was matched as part of the National Fraud Initiative (NFI).

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2018/06/18/care-homes-claimed-dead-residents-fees-for-two-years--audit-office/

HMRC said the total “level of error and fraud favouring the claimant” was £1.32bn; 4.9% of the total tax credits bill

https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2018/06/21/rampant-benefit-fraud-is-officially-a-right-wing-fairy-tale/

The Cabinet Office has previously estimated that the average saving for each property recovered is £93,000 - calculated on the basis of a fraudulent tenancy lasting for four years.

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/tenancy-fraud-cases-cost-solihull-14803008

A total of 151 individual cases which were detected by the Nottinghamshire County Council last year, with 28 members of staff spending time investigating.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/230000-of-fraud-attempts-caught-at-council-in-2017/

They pledged to strengthen the voices of black, Asian and minority ethnic students

http://cherwell.org/2018/06/03/ucas-hits-back-at-racial-profiling-claims/

A full-time time Sandwell Council worker who pulled off a £110,000 fraud while moonlighting for the health service for eight years was starting a two-year jail sentence today.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/sandwell/oldbury/2018/06/09/moonlighting-sandwell-council-worker-with-two-jobs-is-jailed-for-two-years/