Michelle Ackerley
Fraud Squad (2019)
The Hunt
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.
Released Feb. 4, 2019
Episode 45 min
None+
Genres: Crime, Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.fraud, tmdb.nhs, imdb.national-health-service, imdb.fraud, imdb.investigator, imdb.investigation, imdb.prosecution + 8 more, imdb.true-crime, imdb.female-presenter, imdb.criminal, imdb.acronym-in-title, imdb.five-word-title, imdb.reenactment, imdb.daytime-television, imdb.police-investigation
Watch Providers: The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads
Production Companies: Brown Bob Productions
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Episode 1
The Fraud Squad are on the hunt for a manager who treats the NHS like a cash machine, and an organised crime gang try to swindle the public purse of £13 million.
Feb. 3, 2020, midnight
S2E2 - Episode 2
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.
Feb. 4, 2020, midnight
S2E3 - 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 gang who prey on the innocent in order to launder their dirty cash.
Feb. 5, 2020, midnight
S2E4 - Episode 4
Fraud investigators hunt a reckless hoaxer faking accidents for fun, a high-living couple claiming benefits and dodging hundreds of thousands in tax, and a random roadside stop-and-search unearths the UK’s biggest ever Blue Badge fraud.
Feb. 6, 2020, midnight
S2E5 - Episode 5
Fraud specialists investigate a devious dentist who fleeces the NHS to pay for holiday homes and luxury cars, and a con artist making thousands by pretending to know Hilary Clinton. Plus the race to stop £17 million of unpaid tax going up in smoke.
Feb. 7, 2020, midnight
S2E6 - Episode 6
Investigators uncover a senior manager taking a gamble with an NHS credit card, and an exotic dance troupe boss goes AWOL after stripping the public purse of thousands of pounds. Plus the cowards targeting vulnerable elderly women for their life savings.
Feb. 10, 2020, midnight
S2E7 - Episode 7
The Fraud Squad investigates a nurse ripping off thousands of pound from the NHS, a lying and cheating boss of a recycling company who helped himself to £2 million of government cash, and a millionaire racing driver who was happy to let the public purse pay for his hobby.
Feb. 11, 2020, midnight
S2E8 - Episode 8
The fraud investigators chase a GP surgery manager who has blown NHS cash at the bookies and a serial insurance fraudster who tried to cash in on horrific terror attacks. Plus a former taxman with a scam to empty our public purse of nearly £7 million.
Feb. 12, 2020, midnight
S2E9 - Episode 9
The Fraud Squad hunt down an IT support worker shamelessly helping himself to hospital computers, a gang illegally fly-tipping on an industrial scale, and a duplicitous father-and-son duo living a life of luxury paid for by the public purse.
Feb. 13, 2020, midnight
S2E10 - 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 across. Plus a preacher turns prisoner when he is caught with his hand in the public purse.
Feb. 14, 2020, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 45 min.
Released: Feb. 4, 2019
Last Air Date: July 25, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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