Rutland County Council recent payments fraud which has resulted in a potential loss of £15,000 to the Council.

A recent payments fraud which has resulted in
a potential loss of £15,000 to the Council.

The Council has been the victim of a payments fraud.
The Council received a fraudulent letter asking for a genuine suppliers bank details to
be updated.

The letter was not deemed to be suspicious and was
processed.

This resulted in a number of payments being made to a false
account.

The Council is aware that this is a common fraud area and one where
fraud is on the increase aided to some extent by the substantial amount of
information that the Council publishes about its financial transactions.

The Council has received both ‘false’ invoices and ‘request to change
bank details’ in the past and has prevented a number of potential frauds.