Fraud
Bromsgrove District Council takes fraud seriously.
The Corporate Anti-Fraud Team is responsible for investigating
allegations of fraud against the Council.
We work in partnership with other agencies and government
departments, such as the Department for Work and Pensions, the
Police and the National Anti-Fraud Network, with a common aim to
identify and investigate allegations, and reduce losses to the
taxpayer.
If you know or suspect someone of committing fraud, whether that
be Benefit Fraud, Single Person Discount Fraud, or other fraud
against Council services/contracts please contact us.
Anyone wishing to report
a fraud can do so online. All information received will be
treated in the strictest confidence and passed only to the
appropriate authorities.
The National Anti-Fraud Network supports local authorities by
providing the following functions:
- Offers local authorities access to services that they may not
have, in order to assist with investigation work
- Passes on information relating to fraud from external agencies
to local authorities
- Collates fraud intelligence from local authorities and external
agencies
- Provides regular bulletins containing intelligence on actual
fraud cases
- Maintains a national fraud database for access only by local
authorities
- Obtains intelligence to assist with serious fraud
investigations by local authorities
- Operates a Social Security Fraud Act 2001 Authorised Officer
service to member authorities
You can find out more about the National Anti-Fraud Network on
their website:http://www.nafn.gov.uk/
