£1 million fraud at Aberdeen City Council sends a warning across local government
All Scottish councils must learn from the weaknesses that allowed an Aberdeen City Council employee’s £1.1 million fraud go undetected over 17 years says the Accounts Commission. Between 2006 and 2023, the employee transferred 655 …
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