Public Sector

The founder of a Bradford academy and a former teacher have been ordered to repay nearly £35,000 after being jailed for defrauding the school.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42787665

Scheme is ‘open to fraud,’ politicians say, after British newspaper acquired cards under fake names.

https://www.politico.eu/article/ehic-uk-officials-call-for-investigation-into-european-health-insurance-card-program/

Thousands of UK nationals have bought fake degrees from a multi-million pound "diploma mill" in Pakistan, a BBC Radio 4's File on Four programme investigation has found

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42579634

System will support Counter Fraud Data Alliance in cross-sector effort to fight fraud. The Cabinet Office has begun to work on the development of a repository for public and private sector organisations to share data on ‘known fraud’.

http://www.ukauthority.com/news/7816/cabinet-office-plans-fraud-data-repository#

The figures, released by City of Wolverhampton Council's audit and risk committee, show in 2017 there has been a total of 13,526 matches between the council's records and a government database set up to detect fraud.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2017/12/30/4500-fraud-cases-suspected-in-wolverhampton/

Scientific misconduct is more than just an academic problem – it has repercussions for real people

https://www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2018/jan/04/science-fraud-research-misconduct

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) said its new state-of-the-art algorithms can detect a number of identity cloning techniques which have been commonly used by organised criminal gangs committing mass-scale benefit fraud.

https://news.sky.com/story/handwriting-to-help-govt-catch-gangs-behind-mass-scale-benefit-fraud-11190448

Camden Council worker jailed for three years after making list of vulnerable targets for fraudsters

http://camdennewjournal.com/article/camden-council-worker-jailed-for-three-years-after-making-list-of-vulnerable-targets-for-fraudsters