David Cameron 's former 'back to work tsar ' Emma Harrison founded the company A4e . 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 . The group were employed by the firm A4e which was paid millions of pounds to help people from difficult backgrounds get a job . The company was founded by David Cameron 's former 'back to work Tsar ' Emma Harrison , who was forced to step down from her role after fraud allegations first came to light in 2012 . During a 13-week trial at Reading Crown Court it emerged that 10 staff at the company falsely claimed they had helped people find jobs to hit bonus targets . 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 . Four defendants were convicted in connection with the fraud after six of their colleagues had previously pleaded guilty . 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 . Summing up for the prosecution , Sarah Wood said that between them they 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 . The court heard that A4e ran the Aspire to Inspire lone parent mentoring programme between 2008 and 2011 . The contract covered Berkshire , Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire and was funded by the European Social Fund . A4e was paid £1.3million for the contract and £10,500 a month to implement it . The company received payments for each person it helped gain employment . The court heard that while A4e helped 558 people find jobs , staff lied about others . Ms Wood said : 'The total amount of fraudulent claiming was 167 files , for a total loss of £288,595 . ' During the period one of the workers falsified a 'successful job ' in her nephew 's name and another supposedly for her husband . Another worker bribed a man with £150 of vouchers to sign forms saying he had been through A4e training . 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 . The crimes came to light when an employee at A4e blew the whistle on the scam . A4e was founded in 1991 by Emma Harrison , who was later appointed by Prime Minister David Cameron as the Government 's 'families champion ' , an advisory role on troubled homes . The firm signed the £1.3 million , three-year Inspire to Aspire contract in August 2008 . The sentencing , before Judge Angela Morris , at Reading Crown Court , continues .
Tsar employed by the back-to-work private contractor A4e . It was paid millions of pounds to help people get off benefits and into work . The workers forged signatures and falsely claimed they found people work . A4e was founded by the PM 's former 'back to work Group ' Emma Harrison .