Public Sector

A FORMER councillor of Tower Hamlets was jailed over a £125,000 housing scam.

LMCs have called for a public apology from NHS England over concerns that 'it knowingly brought general practice into disrepute' in a report on bribery and fraud in the health service.

https://www.gponline.com/lmcs-demand-nhs-england-apology-destructive-fraud-report/article/1666616

This short animation shows how fraud affects the NHS in the context of its wider impact. Produced as part of a campaign toolkit for International Fraud Awareness Week (17-23 November 2019).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKlsgcJcRag&feature=youtu.be

Law schools are not taking advantage of the “enormous regulatory freedom” they have and instead are largely all offering the same kind of law degree, new research has found.

Claims the Tories offered peerages to senior Brexit Party figures could amount to "political corruption of the highest order", the Labour Party chairman has warned, as Scotland Yard assesses allegations of electoral fraud.

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-11-16/police-assessing-allegations-of-electoral-fraud-after-peerages-claim/

A Shropshire health trust will be embracing International Fraud Awareness Week by raising awareness of fraud committed against the NHS.

Former Tower Hamlet Labour Party councillor Muhammad Harun was sentenced to 16 months in custody at Snaresbrook Crown Court today after pleading guilty to two counts of fraud.

http://lovewapping.org/2019/11/tower-hamlets-labour-party-councillor-harun-jailed-for-fraud/

A would-be motorist who tried to cheat his driving theory test by getting someone to take it in his place has been jailed for six months.                                                                                                         

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2019/11/07/walsall-man-locked-up-for-driving-theory-test-fraud/

Lauren O'Keefe, 25, used the money to pay for a beauty course as well as other expenses. She later admitted she knew the money had been incorrectly paid into her account

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanians regularly stop Laura Codruta Kovesi in the street to shake her hand or to be photographed with the woman who for five years led the country’s fight against corruption.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eu-corruption/great-expectations-but-eus-first-fraud-prosecutor-undaunted-by-challenge-idUKKBN1X718U