Update on the COVID-19 threat and fraud

The NHS has been at the forefront of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic for over a year. 

During the early stage of the pandemic, we gave our insight into how fraudsters were likely to exploit the national emergency to their own dishonest ends. 

This edition of Fraud Counts highlights some of the ways in which fraudsters have used COVID-19 to gain something they are not entitled to and details some of the issues uncovered nationally.