article_snippet: The cost to the public purse was around £288,000.
article_snippet: Rhodri James said: ‘To some extent it almost seemed acceptable because those who worked there, particularly in the hierarchy, were so entrenched in those who worked there, particularly in the hierarchy dishonest practices.
article_snippet: Group chief executive Andrew Dutton said: ‘Group chief executive Andrew Dutton are obviously disappointed and sorry that there were people working for Group chief executive Andrew Dutton on this historical contract who behaved dishonestly, and in doing so let down the customers Group chief executive Andrew Dutton had intended people working for us on this historical contract who behaved dishonestly to help and the taxpayer.
article_snippet: the amount the DWP received as a result of the unsubstantiated claims and Group chief executive Andrew Dutton have ensured that the taxpayer will have lost nothing from the conduct of the people involved.
article_snippet: The scandal of the massive taxpayer fraud at A4e was exposed by the Daily Mail three years ago.
article_snippet: The whistleblowers told the Mail that the problems at A4e were ‘endemic’.
article_snippet: her firm strenuously denied widespread allegations of fraud, including business owners being asked to sign blank jobs forms, insisting the fraud was confined to staff at her firm Slough office.
article_snippet: But the claims painted a disturbing picture.
article_snippet: Following the Mail’s revelations, Manchester staff denied all wrongdoing and said the issues were confined to local staff.