Fraud employees

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Dear Sutton Borough 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

LBS FOI, Sutton Borough Council

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Dear Gurpreet,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST - REF NO FOIS1753

Apologies for the delay in responding to your FOI request.

I refer to your request for information received on 02/03/20222 concerning
Fraud Employees.

 

We do not have any suspensions for fraud between 2017-2021.

 

If you are unhappy with the way in which your request has been handled you
have the right to ask for an internal review.  Please notify us in writing
as soon as possible with the grounds upon which you feel the appeal is
justified to: [1][email address] or by post to Information Governance
Team London Borough of Sutton

Civic Offices

St. Nicholas Way, Sutton SM1 1EA

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Yours sincerely

 

Abigail Graves

Digital & Data Partner

Digital & Data Team

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