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COUNCIL UNCOVERS 2,000 HOUSING FRAUDSTERS' WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY

26 July 2012

Emma Ailes
emma@southwarknews.co.uk

EXCLUSIVE
MILLIONS OF pounds a year could potentially be saved for Southwark’s public purse after new super-sleuthing technology uncovered 2,000 suspected housing fraudsters.

The new £20,000 system, which searches through bank databases and births, deaths and marriages across the country, has flagged up 2,000 leads for investigation – with 900 leads described as “extremely promising”.

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