Strategy to fight fraud and corruption unveiled by North East Lincolnshire Council

“Excellent start NELC
Any comment on the faulknerbrown project”

“Re; NELC's publication http://tinyurl.com/b8vmks5

" 3.2 Making use of information and technology

Investment in up-front preventative checking and the use of data analytics and credit reference data can have a big impact in preventing fraud from occurring. Data analytics is the term used to describe the process of bringing the necessary data together to verify and validate transactions, or to uncover potential and actual fraud. It relies on the sharing of data and fraud intelligence. Recent years have seen significant developments in the use of data analytical software for the purpose of preventing and detecting fraud, particularly in the private sector The Council already uses analytical techniques to identify potential fraud. These include:

• Being involved in the National Fraud Initiative (NFI). This is a national data matching exercise currently run by the Audit Commission, which helps local authorities detect fraud in areas such as council tax, housing benefit, pensions, blue badges and social housing. "


Note: National Fraud Initiative (NFI)


Anyone being accused of fraudulantly claiming the "so called" single person's council tax discount allowance may be interested in this parliamentry publication:

http://tinyurl.com/cjxs3s3

" ....As the NFI actually operates, large numbers of innocent, entitled people are being inappropriately suspected of fraud, investigated for fraud, and even assumed to be frauds when no inconsistency has been found in their case. This causes distress and harm and is plainly unjust.

• This represents an erosion of civil liberties; engages human rights and Data Protection Law, including Article 3 of the 1st Protocol to the ECHR; and it breaches principles of natural justice - all in a context where there is no right of appeal against the administrative decision to assume a person is a fraud. The decision itself may be secret. Suspects often can't get the evidence simply because there is none.

• Where councils are involved, especially if they provide taxpayers with misleading information about data mining, the unnecessary distress and harm arising constitutes a failure in the duty of care of councils regarding vulnerable adults, who feature largely on some NFI hit lists. Disseminating misinformation is also bad practice in terms of governance, public law, and the explicit requirements of some legal frameworks.

• Prestigious organisations, including the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust and Liberty, have expressed concerns about the NFI. For example, see the Liberty's submission on the NFI provisions within the Audit Commission Act...... "

http://tinyurl.com/cjxs3s3”

“It can only mean one thing, ordinary John and Jane are targets. Sent down for council tax is not good enough, they want your house. Circumnavigating car parking fees, your vehicle is impounded, 'stray' dogs=ransom money. Fines flying in your face over any thing they've thought up.”

“great they should look internally at their own corparation affairs , that goes to the police holders to and other corparate business”

“It is a lovely sunny day, clear blue sky, and I have scaned it from horizon to horizon, but no sign of any FLYING PIGS! You can safely put this one in the Trash folder, along with the council's commitment to openness, listening to the public and community involvement. You know, just like they have over Scartho baths, and the 13 year saga over a right of way on waste land adjacent to Cleethorpes North beach.”

“Re; http://tinyurl.com/b8vmks5

And still they use ********les”

“For your attention Cllr B.

http://tinyurl.com/b8vmks5”

“Ah now we have it - it's official NELC has reviewed its procedures and is going to be more transparent and accountable to the public it's serves ...

Ummm.... C”

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“Is this it then?

http://tinyurl.com/auu3e6x”