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(c) STATEMENT OF IRREGULARITIES IN CONNECTION WITH PUBLIC MONEYS AND STORES —continued

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File No. Nature of Irregularity. Amount involved. Action taken, and Result. CASES OTHER THAN THOSE IN WHICH DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS WERE INVOLVED —contd. Social Security Department A. 21/2/106 A. 21/2/107 A. 21/2/101 A. 21/2/101 A. 21/2/101 A. 21/2/101 Pensions obtained by fraud .. Pensions obtained by fraud .. Sickness-benefit obtained by fraud Benefits obtained by fraud Sickness-benefit obtained by fraud Unemployment benefits obtained by fraud War veterans' allowance obtained by fraud Unemployment benefits obtained by fraud Family benefit obtained by fraud Sickness-benefits obtained by fraud War pension obtained by fraud Seventy-six cases in which recipients of war pensions, unemployment, sickness, and other benefits obtained in excess of scale rates by failing promptly to disclose material particulars of their circumstances to the Social Security Department £ 495 171 21 839 29 24 s. 14 19 12 11 4 0 a. 8 2 0 9 0 0 Offender admitted to probation for three years and ordered to make restitution at the rate of £2 per week. Offender convicted and admitted to probation for two years and ordered to repay amount of pension overpaid. Offender convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within two years. Offender convicted and sentenced to two months' imprisonment. Offender admitted to probation for two years and ordered to make restitution. Two offenders—Court action pending. A. 21/2/101 A. 21/2/101 A. 21/2/101 A. 21/2/101 A. 21/2/101 A. 61/1 | 69 « 4 72 63 545 0 ii : 6 8 5 9 0 10 8 7 5 2 Offender convicted and fined £50 and costs £4 10s. In default, he was sentenced to twenty-one days' imprisonment on first charge and ten days on each of other charges. Offender did not pay, and was sent to prison. Offender convicted and ordered to make restitution at rate of £2 per week. * Court action pending. Offender convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within two years. Restitution ordered at rate of £1 5s. per month. Excepting a small number of cases where beneficiaries are in straitened circumstances, or deceased, efforts have been made to obtain refunds. A.21/126/47a | State Hydro-el Theft of motor-spirit „ . . estric Department 0 14 6 1 Offenders (3) convicted and each 1 fined £2. Restitution made. Treasury Department A. 21/44 Pay cheque negotiated by 1 unauthorized person 1 9 9 4 | *