Fraud

Employers are struggling to cope with a deluge of identity fraud, false credentials, use of AI, and even undisclosed convictions...

A financial analyst and his sister have been convicted of insider dealing and money laundering after using working from home as a cover.

May 2025's top HR questions include one about a new criminal offence for an organisational failure to prevent fraud.

Most frequently asked questions during February include queries about Ramadan and dismissals on the grounds of ill health.

One hundred police officers are now working on a criminal investigation of current and past Post Office employees, civil servants and lawyers.

People who lie about their qualifications or experience on their CV and are offered a job as a result can...

How can you respond and what information might you need to provide if your business receives an HMRC furlough enquiry letter?

MPs have said HM Revenue & Customs ‘risks rewarding the unscrupulous’ if it fails to recover furlough grants that were made in error.

Nine in 10 organisations say the risk of fraud has increased as a direct result of home working.
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The Treasury expects to recover only £1 of every £4 in Covid support payments that were claimed fraudulently or in error.

The government is looking to recoup a suspected £7bn of fraudulent or erroneous Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) claims, says tax specialist.

Two HR professionals are under investigation after a hospital ‘worker’ in southern Italy was found not to have shown up for a shift in 15 years.

More details of employers using the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme will be revealed next month but ministers criticised for lack of transparency.

MPs on the Public Accounts Committee are calling on the government to list companies that signed up to the furlough scheme amid concerns over high levels of fraud.

Following the announcement that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be in place until March 2021 and will cover 80%...