Fraudsters have stolen almost £1bn from Ministry of Defence since 2010
Losses could have paid for up to 127 Challenger tanks or 12 F-35 Lightning combat jets, which cost around £88m eachhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/18/mod-fraud-reaches-record-280m-in-a-year-report-shows/....Fraudsters have stolen almost £1 billion from the Ministry of Defence since 2010, official figures show. ...."The figures show that almost every area of defence, from personal expenses to the procurement of weapons, aircraft, and ships, has fallen victim to fraud costing the country millions. The £1 billion losses could have paid for up to 127 Challenger tanks or 12 F-35 Lightning combat jets, which cost around £88 million each. The figures also show that the MoD was being ripped off from within by members of the Armed Forces and civil servants, who have fraudulently claimed over £6 million in fake expenses for items such as food and travel costs. But by far the largest loss was associated with procurement of equipment for both the Civil Service and the Armed Forces and accounted for just over £600 million costs since 2020. Fraud has also been detected in pensions payments, recruitment, cyber and communication, personnel management and the Armed Forces’ joint personnel administration computer system. ....."
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