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10-27-2010, 10:12 AM
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Fraud costs councils £135 mln (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGqB8bqSdwESOOOgXEZR5qqd18i9A&url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ihblb2Ni3PP0f0p_H9wdqt6WwEvg?docId%3DCNG.d64 47c3c5ab62a5cb2ae1bab9f8cbab8.d1)
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The North West was the region with the highest proportion of fraud, with 19.6 percent of the total. London was next in line, with 18.8 percent. ...
Fraud cost councils £135m, report finds (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH8uRg5Ftmd3Q-phV2uDpumHO0W-w&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/oct/27/fraud-councils-135-million)The Guardian
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