article_snippet: The Department of Work and Pensions paid A4e a £1,775 bounty for each of the first 500 candidates The Department of Work and Pensions helped into jobs, and then £888 for every successful placement after that.
article_snippet: A4e long ago set aside the money to pay back the DWP
article_snippet: A4e - formerly called Action for Employment - into an operation spanning 11 counties and became a multimillionaire .
article_snippet: A4e, formerly called Action For Employment, was set up to retrain redundant Sheffield steelworkers in 1991.
highlights_snippet: Ten workers from employment firm A4e found guilty of large-scale fraud .
  
highlights_snippet: Ten workers from employment firm A4e were working on Government's contract to help jobseekers get work .
  
highlights_snippet: Reading Crown Court heard Ten workers from employment firm A4e claimed nearly £288,595 from taxpayers .
  