
The hunt is on for a ruthless fantasist who has defrauded our NHS of thousands, and a cold-hearted insurance cheat exploits the horror of the Manchester bombing.
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Series 6: Episode 10
Featuring the case of a shopfitter who dodged a whopping £2.5 million in tax to splurge on luxury cars and holidays. HMRC first started investigating after a routine inspe ...
25-07-2025
BBC 1
Series 6: Episode 9
An accountant takes on three different full-time jobs with the NHS – and manages to get paid for all of them, even though he’s barely carrying out the work of one. E ...
24-07-2025
BBC 1
Series 6: Episode 8
When a fire breaks out on an illegal waste site, it costs the taxpayer £500,000 in clean-up costs and unearths an operation responsible for a staggering £4 million i ...
23-07-2025
BBC 1
Series 6: Episode 7
A routine welfare check on a disability claimant exposes deception committed on a vast scale. The fraudster claimed high levels of benefits for 18 years, saying he was paraplegi ...
22-07-2025
BBC 1
Series 6: Episode 6
A trusted member of the finance team in a local authority dupes his colleagues into signing off fake paperwork so that he can transfer hundreds of thousands of pounds of public ...
21-07-2025
BBC 1
Series 6: Episode 5
The Environment Agency gets called in when a waste site flouts the rules and local residents start complaining. The facility is supposed to be a plastics recycling plant, but lo ...
18-07-2025
BBC 1
Series 6: Episode 4
The story of Britain’s biggest ever benefit fraud and how the fraudsters were brought to justice. It all started when staff at the Department for Work and Pensions noticed ...
17-07-2025
BBC 1
Series 6: Episode 3
The NHS Counter Fraud Authority investigates a shocking case of a trusted GP practice manager who fiddled the books for years to siphon hundreds of thousands of pounds into her ...
16-07-2025
BBC 1
Series 6: Episode 2
Trading Standards uncover a massive illegal puppy farm where animals are being used to make tens of thousands of pounds, not a penny of which is declared to the tax authorities. ...
15-07-2025
BBC 1
Series 6: Episode 1
Documentary series following the dedicated fraud fighters pursuing the criminals who steal billions of pounds a year from the public purse. \n\nIn this episode, the Environment ...
14-07-2025
BBC 1
Series 6: Episode 1
Documentary series following the dedicated fraud fighters pursuing the criminals who steal billions of pounds a year from the public purse. \n\nIn this episode, the Environment ...
14-07-2025
BBC 1
Series 6: Episode 6
A trusted member of the finance team in a local authority dupes his colleagues into signing off fake paperwork so that he can transfer hundreds of thousands of pounds of public ...
21-07-2025
BBC 1
Series 5: Episode 9
A school mops up £2 million of taxpayers’ cash after pretending to employ nearly 40 cleaners to bag their benefits, a union rep rips off the NHS and her members to t ...
04-04-2025
BBC 1
Series 6: Episode 7
A routine welfare check on a disability claimant exposes deception committed on a vast scale. The fraudster claimed high levels of benefits for 18 years, saying he was paraplegi ...
22-07-2025
BBC 1
Series 5: Episode 5
Documentary series following the dedicated fraud-fighters pursuing the criminals who steal over £50 billion a year from the UK’s public purse.\n\nIn this episode, a ...
28-03-2025
BBC 1
The Hunt: Episode 10
The Fraud Squad hunts down a serial scam artist faking disability to claim thousands in insurance payouts, and uncovers the most prolific dental fraudster they've ever come acro ...
26-05-2021
BBC 1
The Hunt: Episode 3
Join the UK’s fraud specialists as they investigate a wealthy manager taking the NHS for a ride, a million-pound tax fraudster claiming to be a spy, and an organised crime ...
02-03-2022
BBC 1
Series 1: Episode 3
A locksmith sees pound signs when he is put in charge of a London hospital - and pockets nearly half a million pounds by overcharging the hospital for supplies. Elsewhere, an NH ...
27-05-2021
BBC 1
Series 4: Episode 9
HMRC face the biggest tax fraud investigation in UK history, with over a £100 million of public money on the line. An NHS manager abuses his position, authorising fake inv ...
22-08-2022
BBC 1
Series 5: Episode 8
Three brothers who run a hospitality empire decide to have their cake and eat it, at the taxpayer’s expense, to the tune of £3 million, all bets are off after invest ...
03-04-2025
BBC 1