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A council worker splurges £200,000 of public funds on horse riding and holidays, and a man uses a stolen identity to plunder the public purse for almost two decades.

Series following the dedicated fraud-fighters pursuing the criminals who steal £40 billion a year from the UK’s public purse. In this episode, a personal betrayal at the heart of a council sees a trusted colleague steal over £200,000 to pay for luxury holidays and a very expensive hobby, and investigators expose the lies of a man who assumed a stolen identity in order to fraudulently claim benefits for almost two decades.

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Mon 29 May 202310:45

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RoleContributor
PresenterMichelle Ackerley
Executive ProducerJacqueline Hewer
Series ProducerColette Hooper
Production CompanyBrown Bob Productions

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