Serious Crime

Did you know that one of camden councils and related third parties favourite 'pastimes' FRAUD is a serious offence under the Serious Crime Act 2007

SCHEDULE 1 Serious offences

Part 1 Serious Offences in England and Wales
7. Fraud

(1) An offence under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 (c. 60)(false accounting).

(2) An offence under any of the following provisions of the Fraud Act 2006 (c. 35)—

(a) section 1 (fraud by false representation, failing to disclose information or abuse of position);

(b) section 6 (possession etc. of articles for use in frauds);

(c) section 7 (making or supplying articles for use in frauds);

(d) section 9 (participating in fraudulent business carried on by sole trader etc.);

(e) section 11 (obtaining services dishonestly).

(3) An offence at common law of conspiracy to defraud.

8. Offences in relation to public revenue

(1) An offence under section 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2)(fraudulent evasion of duty etc.) so far as not falling within paragraph 1(2)(c) or 3(1)(b) above.

(2) An offence under section 72 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23)(fraudulent evasion of VAT etc.).

(3) An offence under section 144 of the Finance Act 2000 (c. 17)(fraudulent evasion of income tax).

(4) An offence under section 35 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)(tax credit fraud).

(5) An offence at common law of cheating in relation to the public revenue.

9 Corruption and bribery

(1) An offence under section 1 of the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 (c. 69)(corruption in public office).

(2) An offence which is the first or second offence under section 1(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 (c. 34)(corrupt transactions with agents other than those of giving or using false etc. documents which intended to mislead principal).

(3) An offence at common law of bribery.

I would advise any readers who have reasonable grounds and evidence that suggests that FRAUD, CORRUPTION or BRIBERY has been committed by any council workers, council members or related third parties and feel that you have a duty to report it, pop down to your local police station and make an official report to the police (cite the offence and Act under which it is a crime and produce the evidence). Make sure you are given a crime reference number before you leave the police station.

However, don't be suprised if after reporting these serious offences the police take no interest in the crime/s and you don't hear from them again on the matter. On the whole the police do not take fraud seriously despite it now being a serious crime - particularly so when it involves camden council and related third parties.