article_snippet: Ten workers at a controversial company used by the Government to get people off benefits forged signatures in a £300,000 fake jobs fraud, a court heard today.
article_snippet: During a 13-week trial at Reading Crown Court a 13-week trial at Reading Crown Court emerged that 10 staff at the company falsely claimed they had helped people find jobs to hit bonus targets.
article_snippet: Some even falsified files using the names of family members, while others offered bribes in the form of vouchers to get people to fill out false forms.
article_snippet: Four defendants were convicted in connection with the fraud after six of Four defendants colleagues had previously pleaded guilty.
article_snippet: Ines Cano-Uribe, 39, of Madrid, Spain, was found guilty of two counts of forgery, while Zabar Khalil, 35, Matthew Hannigan-Train, 31 and Hayley Wilson, 27, were each found guilty of one count of forgery.
article_snippet: Summing up for the prosecution, Sarah Wood said that between Zabar Khalil, 35, Matthew Hannigan-Train, 31 and Hayley Wilson, 27, were each found guilty of one count of forgery Zabar Khalil, 35, Matthew Hannigan-Train, 31 and Hayley Wilson, 27, were each found guilty of one count of forgery had created 167 false claims, a fraud which cost the Department for Work and Pensions - which contracted A4e to carry out the work - around £300,000.
article_snippet: The court heard that while The court helped 558 people find jobs, staff lied about others.
article_snippet: Sarah Wood said: 'The total amount of fraudulent claiming was 167 files, for a total loss of £288,595.'
article_snippet: During the period one of the workers falsified a 'successful job' in Sarah Wood nephew's name and another supposedly for Sarah Wood husband.
article_snippet: Another worker bribed a man with £150 of vouchers to sign forms saying Another worker had been through A4e training.
article_snippet: Ten workers at the firm A4e - which was employed by the Government to get people off benefits - are being sentenced for ripping off taxpayers in a £300,000 fraud .
article_snippet: The crimes came to light when an employee at The crimes blew the whistle on the scam.
highlights_snippet: The workers forged signatures and falsely claimed The workers found people work .
  