William Eichler 23 October 2024

Auditor uncovers £7m of fraud and errors

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More than £7m worth of fraud and payment errors have been identified in Wales in a counter-fraud initiative, according to Audit Wales.

The biennial UK-wide National Fraud Initiative (NFI) identified £7.1m of fraud or payment error across 49 organisations.

This represents a £0.6m increase on the NFI findings in 2020-21 – a rise caused by a jump in fraudulent or erroneous claims for housing benefit and council tax single person discount.

Most (97%) of the £7.1m of fraud and errors identified are from local authority data matches relating to council tax, housing benefit, blue badges, housing waiting lists, and pensions.

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