Stamping out fraud

Fraud in the public sector costs the taxpayers billions of pounds each year and losses on this scale can have a huge impact on the provision of public services. Frauds committed against the Council can include procurement and contract fraud; blue badge fraud; council tax fraud; business rate fraud; tenancy fraud and insurance fraud.

The Corporate Fraud Team, based in Irvine, carries out investigations to prevent and detect fraud against both Councils, whether it is by employees, elected members, partner organisations, suppliers or residents. It then takes any enforcement action that is necessary which may include disciplinary action (if the fraud is perpetrated by an employee), civil court action or criminal prosecution.

Councillor George Mair, Chair of the Governance and Scrutiny Committee, said: “East Ayrshire Council has a zero-tolerance approach to fraudulent or corrupt activity and we aim to prevent fraud wherever possible. Wherever it is detected, we will investigate, so we would encourage anyone with information about suspected fraud to contact the Corporate Fraud Team on the details below. You don’t have to give your name or any personal details when you get in touch.”

• Email corporatefraud@north-ayrshire.gov.uk
• Call 01294 324228 (calls are not recorded)
• Write to: Corporate Fraud Team, North Ayrshire Council Headquarters, Cunninghame House, Friars Croft, Irvine, KA12 8EE

You can also follow the team on:

Twitter: @NAC_CorpFraud                                                            

Facebook: @FraudTeamAtNorthAndEastAyrshireCouncils 

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