The full scale of the multi-million pound fraud committed by BT staff, which could lead to prosecutions, is exposed today by the Yorkshire Post.  For the full story log on to: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/BT-phone-calls-fraud-could.3223975.jp
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21 September 2007

A building society consultant who moved money from his workplace into accounts to pay his own bills has been given a 200-hour community order.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7007009.stm
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21 September 2007

Detectives investigating an employment fraud in which Polish workers were lur3ed to Scotland for non-existent jobs have arrested two people.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7006452.stm
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20 September 2007

An unemployed Kent chef whose cheques bounced when he ordered nine Chinese takeaways at a cost of more than £3,500 has been sentenced for fraud.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7004583.stm
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18 September 2007

A former mayor from Merseyside claimed benefits even though he was fit to work and carry out his mayoral duties, Liverpool Court has heard.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7001034.stm
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14  September 2007

An optician has agreed to pay £700,000 to the NHS after being convicted of falsifying hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of spectacle repair bills.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6994943.stm
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14 September 2007

BT covered up a massive fraud by call-centre staff to ensure it held on to a contract worth more than £1 billion, a tribunal was told yesterday.  For the full story log on to: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/dmstandard/frame.html?in_bottom=http:%2F%2Fwww.thisismoney.co.uk%2Fnews%2Findex.html%3Fin_page_id%3D2&in_page_id=1804
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13 September 2007

The government has announced measures to prevent people abusing disabled parking badges.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6992921.stm
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18 September 2007

A 50-year-old man has been bailed after he was arrested in connection with a £75,000 credit card fraud at a Bedfordshire petrol station.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/6992595.stm
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12 September 2007

Plans for identity cards are “fundamentally flawed” because people are so bad at comparing mug shots to living people, a scientist has warned.  For the full story log on to: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=481261&in_page_id=1770
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11 September 2007

Next Directory’s website has been hit by a multi-million-pound identity fraud.  For the full story log on to: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/dmstandard/frame.html?in_bottom=http:%2F%2Fwww.thisismoney.co.uk%2Fnews%2Findex.html%3Fin_page_id%3D2&in_page_id=1804
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10 September 2007

Three students have admitted faking the deaths of two women in a £125,000 insurance scam.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6987764.stm
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7 September 2007

Britain’s largest local authority, Birmingham Council, is to install a telephone lie detection system in an effort to combat benefit cheats.  So how will it work?  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6983359.stm
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7 September 2007

A major donor to the democratic Party has been arrested in Colorado less than 48 hours after failing to attend a court hearing over a fraud conviction.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6982945.stm
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6 September 2007

A multi-million-pound fraud ring has been cracked in Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6982375.stm
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3 September 2007

Nine cars, five mobile phones, plasma screen TVs – even a £250,000 four-bedroom house.  All were bought in Lisa’s name, though she knew nothing about them.  And when the culprit was caught, it tore her family apart.  For the full story log on to: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=479530&in_page_id=1879
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3 September 2007

Hundreds of millions of pounds in overpaid tax credits may have to be returned after tax officials broke the law, the Tories claimed.  HM Revenue & Customs failed to tell families who had been given too much money that their payments were being reviewed.  For the full story log on to:   http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/latest-national-news/Tax-credit-error-39could-cost.3168054.jp
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