Public Sector

A dangerous fantasist who deluded himself and lied about being a qualified ambulance technician before being paid to look after sick and injured people was jailed for three years.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/16174947.Deluded_fantasist_who_worked_for_the_NHS/

Damning government report reveals NHS still fails to meet cyber security requirements

http://www.itpro.co.uk/wannacry/30956/one-year-after-wannacry-zero-nhs-trusts-pass-cyber-security-assessment

An Albanian woman has been jailed for fraud after she used a fake identity to have an NHS kidney transplant.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-43806817

Police could investigate an MP for fraud over a expenses claim he submitted in 2016.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-43773773

West Midlands Police arrested a 50-year-old woman from the city on suspicion of fraud in May 2017.

https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/westmidlands/news/2016665-former-council-worker-investigated-fraud

Pilot produces positive results in identifying cases for investigation, with prospects of ‘go live’ in July

http://www.ukauthority.com/UKA-Local-Digital/entry/8116/london-counter-fraud-hub-on-course-for-full-adoption

Midlothian council is carrying out an investigation into suspected fraud following serious allegations by staff members.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-43756682

Assessment of £1 million fraud in Dundee City Council throws spotlight on need for effective controls on access to systems

http://www.ukauthority.com/UKA-Local-Digital/entry/8067/scottish-auditor-points-to-it-access-in-fraud-report

Cleverly Clogs director from Warwickshire has been fined for deliberately falsifying information about his firms in what is thought to be the first-ever conviction of its kind.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uks-first-ever-successful-prosecution-for-false-company-information

Former Cambridge Analytica worker says Brexit result may have been different without financial ‘cheating’

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/27/brexit-groups-had-common-plan-to-avoid-election-spending-laws-says-wylie