Fraud employees

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Dear Gwynedd Council,

Could you please disclose how many council employees have been suspended over allegations of fraud? How many of those were suspended on full pay?
If you are able to, please provide some detail on the type of fraud commited

Please provide an annual break down from 2017-2021

Yours faithfully,

Gurpreet Kaur

Gwynedd Council

Rhyddid Gwybodaeth / Freedom of Information

Dear Gurpreet Kaur,

Freedom of Information (ref 713)

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Yours sincerely,
Gwawr Owen

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Rhyddid Gwybodaeth / Freedom of Information

Dear Gurpreet Kaur,

Freedom of Information (ref 713)

Thank you for your recent request. Please see below for the information
requested:

 

2017 - 3 members of staff suspended on full pay.

2019 - 1 member of staff suspended on full pay.

 

We are unable to provide details of the individual circumstances

 

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Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw atodiad iddo yn gyfrinachol ac fe'i bwriedir ar
gyfer y sawl a enwir arno yn unig. Gall gynnwys gwybodaeth freintiedig. Os
yw wedi eich cyrraedd trwy gamgymeriad ni ellwch ei gopio, ei ddosbarthu
na'i ddangos i unrhyw un arall a dylech gysylltu â'r anfonwr ar unwaith.
Mae unrhyw gynnwys nad yw'n ymwneud â busnes swyddogol y corff sy'n anfon
yr e-bost yn bersonol i'r awdur.

Gall cynnwys yr e-bost hwn gael ei ddatgelu yn unol â gofynion
deddfwriaeth mewn perthynas â prosesu a rheoli data, sydd yn cynnwys y
GDPR, Deddf Diogelu Data 2018 a Deddf Rhyddid Gwybodaeth 2000.

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bod yn hollol angenrheidiol.
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