Council tenant rented Soho flat on AirBnB after secret move to France

Fraudster secretly rented out central London council home on AirBnB after moving abroad

A fraudster secretly rented a council flat in Central London on AirBnB, despite having already moved out of the property

Council tenant rented Soho flat on AirBnB after secret move to France

Flagship London council also faced internal fraud with one ex-employee still bagging their salary and another caught moonlighting

£1m fraud uncovered at London council: ex-staffer paid after quitting, employee caught moonlighting

A council worker kept quiet about still receiving a salary despite having left, while another employee at the same authority was moonlighting without permission. Westminster City Council identified more than £1m of fraud in a single year, a report has shown. The Central London council said the notional value includes housing and tenancy fraud, parking fraud and staff working two jobs at the same time. The council’s Corporate Anti-Fraud Service (…