Fraud initiative saves £144m in two years by preventing pension fraud and error

Kim Kaveh
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The government's National Fraud Initiative (NFI) has saved £144.8m over the past two years by helping detect and prevent occupational pension fraud and overpayments.

The NFI compares sets of data, such as the payroll of a company with benefit records, allowing fraudulent claims and payments to be identified. The NFI's two-yearly report released today (31 Aug...

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