Fraud

Jail for £4 million NHS claim fraudster

A woman has been sentenced to six months in jail for deliberately attempting to defraud the NHS of in excess of £4 million. She has also been ordered to pay back £45,000 of interim payments, and meet the trust’s costs of the committal application. NHS Resolution pursued committal proceedings on behalf of North Bristol NHS Trust in line with its strategy to combat and deter fraud by dishonest claimants.