Public Sector

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A former Romanian anti-corruption chief who was sacked by the Bucharest government on the grounds that she exceeded her authority has been made the European Union’s first prosecutor with a mandate to crack down on fraud.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eu-crime-kovesi/romanian-anti-graft-crusader-becomes-first-eu-fraud-prosecutor-idUKKBN1WA1C4

A student nurse from Wirral dishonestly obtained £60,000 in NHS bursaries by falsely claiming to be a single mum while actually married to a serving soldier.

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NHS managers who defrauded the health service out of more than £800,000 using the names of U2 band members have been ordered to pay back more than half a million pounds.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2019/09/20/nhs-managers-who-defrauded-health-service-of-800k-using-names-of-u2-band-members-ordered-to-pay-back-more-than-500k/

BRUSSELS/BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania’s former anti-corruption chief Laura Codruta Kovesi is set to become the European Union’s first fraud prosecutor despite opposition from Bucharest after most member states backed her over of the French candidate.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eu-romania-kovesi/romanian-anti-graft-crusader-to-become-first-eu-fraud-prosecutor-idUKKBN1W41KG

As hundreds of thousands of students prepare for the new academic year, universities have been warned that they are at high risk of cyber attack

An NHS England report on fraud, bribery and corruption suggests there is a 'realistic probability' that GP practices are defrauding the health service of £88m a year.

https://www.gponline.com/gp-practices-defraud-health-service-88m-year-nhs-report-suggests/article/1596919

The NHS is losing more than £1.2 billion to fraud each year, according to a new report which found that GPs are inventing patients in order to make extra money.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/17/nhs-fraud-costs-12-billion-year-report-reveals/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw

THE first person from the Vale of White Horse to have been prosecuted for fraudulently claiming single person discount on their council tax has been named.

Shamed Michelle Hollingsworth made a desperate bid to cover her tracks after Sandwell Council’s fraud squad launched a criminal investigation into the finances of Smethwick’s Annie Lennard School.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2019/09/06/how-headteacher-bid-to-cover-up-school-fraud-as-net-closed-in/