Contents

Foreword by Brian Paddick

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part I: Setting the Scene

Chapter 1: The Lessons Worth Learning From Past Mistakes

The Casebook Approach to Fraud—Lessons Worth Learning From Past Mistakes

Why Do We Need to Learn Lessons From Others’ Past Cases?

What Are the Lessons to Learn?

Getting to Grips With the Successful Frauditor’s Casebook

Part II: The NHS

Chapter 2: Cooking the Books in NHS Catering

Introduction

The Catering Case Where I Didn’t Bring Home the Bacon

The Chickens Finally Come Home to Roost

Conclusion

Chapter 3: NHS professionals—a better class of fraudster?

Cases From the NHS

Dental Fraud

Endnote—NHS Counter Fraud Activity

Part III: Charities and Schools

Chapter 4: The ‘nun on the run’

Case Background

That Fateful Local Authority ‘First Audit’

Case Outcomes and Concluding Thoughts

Chapter 5: Charity begins at home

Case Background

The Frauditor Finally Starts Work on the Case

Case Conclusion and Outcomes

Part IV: UK Banking Fraud

Chapter 6: Robin Hood or Robbing Hood?

Joyti De Laurey and Goldman Sachs

Case Closure and Outcomes

The Successful Frauditor’s View

Chapter 7: Bringing down the bank at Barings

Case Background

The Tale of the Fraudulent Trader

Case Outcomes and Conclusions

Part V: UK Police Internal Fraud

Chapter 8: The ‘Laird of Tomintoul’— and how to get the right to graze sheep at Scotland Yard

Case Background

A Sad and Sorry Tale of Crossed Wires and Missed Opportunities

Case Conclusions

Chapter 9: Corporate credit cards for cops—Part ...

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