Prevention of fraudulent invoices

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Dear Somerset County Council,

I am making a request under the FOI Act.

What steps do you employ to prevent the payment of fraudulent invoices that have been raised in the name of existing suppliers (i.e. where a fraudster raises an invoice in the name of a company that is already a supplier but with the fraudster’s own bank details)?

I await your response within 20 working days.

Yours faithfully,

Helen McNally

Somerset County Council,

Somerset County Council Information Request Team
Information request
Our reference: 3101965

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Dear Miss McNally
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information about Fraudulent invoices which
we received on 7 December 2017.

We are currently dealing with your request under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and we aim to send our response to you on or before 9
January 2018.
 
Please note that we are experiencing a high level of requests at the
moment, and there may be a delay in responding to your request. We will
aim to keep you informed should this be the case.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 may restrict the release of some or
all of the information you have requested.  If this is the case we
will carry out an assessment and will inform you of any exemptions that
apply.
 
In some cases, a fee may be payable. If this happens, we will send you a
fees notice detailing a summary of the proposed cost, and terms of
payment, which would need to be paid before we are able to proceed.

If you have any further queries or would like to discuss your request
please contact me quoting your reference detailed at the top of this
email.
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
Simon Butt
Information Request Officer
Communications
01823359359
 
 

Somerset County Council,

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Information request
Our reference: 3101965

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Dear Miss McNally
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 7 December 2017.
 
Please find attached our response to your request.
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
Simon Butt
Information Request Officer
Communications
01823359359
 
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Dear Mr Butt,

Thanks for your clear and detailed response.

Yours sincerely,

Helen McNally