PUBLIC SERVICES FRAUD RISES IN ENGLAND
May 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN'S National Fraud Initiative (NFI) has reported a 25% increase in fraudulent applications for government services across England, with the recession apparently increasing dishonesty. The NFI said it had identified fraud, overpayments and errors totalling almost GBPounds GBP229 million for 2010/11, compared with GBP 189 million in 2008/9. There were significant increases in irregularities regarding government programmes for housing (including right-to-buy and recovered properties applications), which rose 157%. There was also a 100% ...
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