Fraud Squad

Fraud Squad

RETURNING6 Seasons50 Episodes7.5
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NetworkBBC One
First AiredFeb 4, 2019
Last AiredJul 25, 2025
Runtime45 min

Following the investigators tracking down the criminals who steal £1.25 billion every year from the NHS - from organised crime rings to NHS staff themselves.

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Cast

Michelle Ackerley
Michelle Ackerley
Self - Presenter

Seasons & Episodes6 seasons · 50 episodes

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Episode 1
E1Episode 1
Jul 14, 202528m
A hospital surgeon forges his own payslips to defraud the NHS out of £28,000. And the Environment Agency discovers toxic waste being dumped illegally in a quarry.
Episode 2
E2Episode 2
Jul 15, 202528m
A family dodges £60,000 in income tax by turning their home into an illegal puppy farm. And the NHS boss who stole more than half a million pounds to fund a lavish lifestyle.
Episode 3
E3Episode 3
Jul 16, 202528m
A trusted GP manager fiddles the books to pocket over £300,000 to fund her lavish spending. And the man who used the Covid pandemic to steal over £100,000 from the public purse.
Episode 4
E4Episode 4
Jul 17, 202528m
A criminal gang set up ‘benefits factories’ to defraud UK taxpayers out of a whopping £50 million pounds. And a Swansea shop owner selling illegal vapes dodges £100,000 in tax.
Episode 5
E5Episode 5
Jul 18, 202528m
A so-called green energy entrepreneur keeps breaching regulations, risking public health. And the family who made more than £200,000 selling fake goods and dodging import tax.
Episode 6
E6Episode 6
Jul 21, 202528m
A council employee falsifies paperwork to steal over £900,000 from a local authority, and a small homewares store turns out to be the front for a huge counterfeit goods operation.
Episode 7
E7Episode 7
Jul 22, 202528m
A routine welfare check on a disability claimant exposes fraud on a vast scale. And Trading Standards track down a criminal selling illegal tobacco and dodging £15,000 in tax.
Episode 8
E8Episode 8
Jul 23, 202528m
A fire on an illegal waste site costs the taxpayer £500,000 and unearths £4 million in unpaid tax. And a chancer creates a fake identity to fraudulently claim £350,000 in benefits.
Episode 9
E9Episode 9
Jul 24, 202528m
An accountant who funded a lavish lifestyle by cheating both private clients and the NHS out of over £1.3 million. And a benefits cheat who faked a disability to claim £71,000.
Episode 10
E10Episode 10
Jul 25, 202528m
An audacious asbestos dump, endangering public health and the environment. And the shopfitter who dodged a whopping £2.5 million in tax to splurge on luxury cars and holidays.

About Fraud Squad

Fraud Squad is a documentary, crime series on BBC One. The show first aired on Feb 4, 2019 and currently has 6 seasons and 50 episodes. Fraud Squad has been renewed and is returning for more episodes. It has a rating of 7.5/10 based on 2 votes. The cast includes Michelle Ackerley.

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