Public Sector

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

The chief locksmith at a major London hospital trust has been locked up after being found guilty of ripping off the NHS for more than half a million pounds, officials have said.

http://www.bicesteradvertiser.net/news/national/16117384.fraudulent-locksmith-locked-up-after-conning-nhs-out-of-half-a-million-pounds/

At the time she was chief executive of South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and national lead for equalities for NHS England

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/disgraced-former-hospital-boss-paula-1377110

A crooked benefits officer who siphoned thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ cash into a secret bank account after creating a fake identity has been jailed.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2018/03/30/council-benefits-officer-jailed-over-fraud/

Councils must ensure IT system access is restricted and staff duties are segregated to avoid a repeat of the £1 million fraud that hit Dundee, the public spending watchdog says.

http://www.thenational.scot/news/16103909.Watchdog_issues_warning_to_councils_following___1m_fraud/

A council worker has admitted defrauding his employer by not doing his work properly after secretly taking a second job with the NHS – and getting away with the racket for eight years.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/sandwell/2018/03/17/sandwell-council-official-admits-not-doing-his-work-properly-after-secretly-taking-second-job/

A doctor conned a Welsh health board out of more than £55,000 by working dozens of locum shifts instead of doing the full-time work he was being paid for.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/doctor-conned-health-board-out-14411667