Talent Show Mum Amanda Webber Jailed for Benefit Fraud

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Source: BBC News, 24th May 2013 Amanda Webber, 43, claimed five of her children had disabilities and medical conditions affecting their mobility…. The prosecution said the children led active lives, taking part in PE classes and activities including music, drama and dance, without any difficulties. As well as auditioning for ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent show,…

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#TheFraudTube Echo: #FraudAndError2013 Special

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A special one off edition of #TheFraudTube Echo following The 2nd Annual Fraud & Error Conference in London. On 21st May 2013 we attended the 2nd Annual Fraud and Error Conference in London by kind invitation of ValidSoft. Along with Tony Neate, Dan Mount, and Douwe Korff, Darren Hodder from Fraud Consuting joined ValidSoft for a…

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A Month in the Life of a Fraud Consultant

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Wow, what a mad few weeks it has been at Fraud Consulting HQ… If my blogging activity has been a bit sporadic it is because I no longer have time to think let alone write. However I do need to ensure that @FraudBloke doesn’t completely take over blogging here at #TheFraudTube and so I have…

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Local Authority Fraud & Error: An Unusual #Win!

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I have been a Counter Fraud Specialist for over twenty years, specialising in protecting the public purse and since jumping into self-employment ten years ago I have worked for many clients in all four corners of the UK, mainly in the areas of Benefit, Tenancy and Corporate Fraud and usually my clients are Local Councils. …

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Lid lifted on Midlands ‘Fraud Boss’ £34 Million Tax Scam

BBC Rogue Traders’ Dan Penteado Admits Benefit Fraud

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Source: BBC News, 26th June 2012 A presenter on the BBC consumer affairs programme Rogue Traders has admitted illegally claiming housing and council tax benefits totalling £24,000. Dan Penteado, 40, from Westbourne, Bournemouth, admitted eight offences of dishonestly or knowingly claiming housing and council tax benefits.   Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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Meet Us at GovNet Fraud & Error Conference

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The UK National Fraud Authority (NFA) estimates that fraud cost the UK £73b in 2011 with £20.3b of this being attributable to the public sector. …  more

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Dental Shake-up Needed ‘To Tackle Fraud’

Source: BBC News, 8th May 2012

High levels of dental fraud in England prove the system needs overhauling, ministers say.

A review by NHS Protect said some dentists were claiming for work they had not done, or playing the system to get paid more than they should.

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Who Is a Public Sector Fraud Investigator?

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Given that I am going to be writing for you about public sector fraud the best starting point of these blogs would be to address the questions: who is a public sector fraud investigator an what do they do? A private sector fraud investor is anyone who is employed by a public service body. In…

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