Fraud Squad – Series 4
Episodes
Episode 1
School staff steal £500,000 to fund shopping sprees, a former NHS worker books flights and hotels worth thousands, and a benefits cheat is caught on camera, showing her prized dogs.
Episode 2
A senior doctor steals £70,000 from the NHS and colleagues, a family of fraudsters commit a decade of benefits fraud, and we join the fight against Blue Badge fraud.
Episode 3
A charity treasurer steals £270,000 to fund first-class travel, a finance manager goes on a spending spree with school money, and a council tenant illegally sublets his flat.
Episode 4
An NHS veteran steals equipment worth £15,000, a fraudster launches a campaign of malicious hoax 999 calls, and a benefits cheat claims to have 19 kids, ten of whom are blind!
Episode 5
HMRC track down the tax-dodging owner of BHS, fraudsters take advantage of the Grenfell Tower disaster to line their pockets, and an illegal dump costs the public purse thousands.
Episode 6
An academic steals millions meant for environmental research, a council fights back against fraudulent compensation claims, and a conman steals £10,000 meant for Covid-19 support.
Episode 7
A fraudster steals thousands of pounds from a children’s charity, a conman pretends to work for the NHS to fleece an elderly victim, and we join the fight against fly-tippers.
Episode 8
A fraudster hands out public contracts for kickbacks, a benefit cheat is caught out on camera, and a nurse scams thousands by working a second job while off sick.
Episode 9
HMRC face the biggest tax fraud investigation in UK history, with over a £100 million of public money on the line. An NHS manager abuses his position, authorising fake invoices for fictional work and pocketing the money, and a newlywed claims she has been jilted, to scam thousands in benefits.
Episode 10
An NHS accountant triples-up on lucrative jobs, HMRC busts the UK’s biggest counterfeit cigarette factory, and a benefits cheat is caught cleaning houses.