stoke.gov.uk encouraging fraud reporting paul bicknell corporate fraud manager
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stoke.gov.uk
Encouraging Fraud Reporting
Paul BicknellCorporate Fraud Manager
Why Encourage Fraud Reporting?
Substantial Financial Loss
According to the NFA:-
2013 total loss - £52 billion
In Local Government
Estimated loss:-
£2.1 billion excluding Housing Benefit
Relevant Fraud Types
Procurement - £876 million
Housing Tenancy - £845 million
Payroll - £154 million
HA’s/RSL’s
Estimated Cost Of Tenancy Fraud:-
£919 million
Emerging Frauds Council Tax Support/Business Rates
Internal Fraud
Right To Buy
Direct Payments (Social Care)
Schools
Insurance
But Really, Why Bother?
Moral
Reputational
Income generation?
Zero tolerance = Effective organisation
Spot The Cheater
What other frauds are out there?
12 month, high profile campaign - Now ongoing
4 main areas of fraud
Aims
Raise awareness of other types of fraud
Change the culture - Get the public onside
Cost £260k : Identify £1.2 million
Recover 20 properties
How?
Develop a brand
Simple, eye-catching, memorable
Publicity
Resources to deal with referrals
Make it easy to report fraud
More publicity, put it about!
Billboard
Bus Ads
Poster
Results 01/04/11 to 31/03/12 Referrals = 1508 LT fraud – 446 (30%) Undeclared work – 261 (17%) Zero allegations for CTax & Blue Badge
01/04/12 to 31/03/13 Referrals = 1777 LT fraud – 498 (28%) Tenancy fraud – 336 (19%) CTax – 51 & Blue Badge - 20
Results – cont.. £1.1 million benefit fraud
64 properties recovered - Approx £6k each = £372k
4 Blue Badges
£6028 CTax SPD (22 cases)
Grand Totals
Total Identified:-
£1.5 millionTotal Outlay:-
£115k
The Secret Formula….
Awareness
Just do it!
Publicity
Questions?
Contact Details/Media Pack Enquiries :-
Tel: 01782 232828