Michelle Ackerley
Fraud Squad (2019)
Series 5
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
S5E1 - Episode 1
A removals boss films himself smuggling two million cigarettes into the UK, a fraudster poses as a single mum for £100,000 of benefits, and a GP practice manager defrauds the NHS.
Sept. 18, 2023, midnight
S5E2 - Episode 2
A golf pro cheats the public purse out of thousands, a benefits cheat is caught performing as an Elvis impersonator, and a conman invents 188 fake kids to steal nearly £2 million.
Sept. 19, 2023, midnight
S5E3 - Episode 3
A former Inland Revenue employee steals £7 million from HMRC, a woman claims a council flat while letting her home, and a benefit scrounger fakes single status to max her claims.
Sept. 20, 2023, midnight
S5E4 - Episode 4
A gang steal £16 million smuggling booze into the UK, a fraudster ditches the crutches to walk home with his benefits, and a dentist fabricates patients to steal thousands.
Sept. 21, 2023, midnight
S5E5 - Episode 5
A couple overcharge the council £400,000 in a care home staffing scam, a man illegally sublets his council house to his children, and a woman claiming she can’t work has two jobs.
Sept. 22, 2023, midnight
S5E6 - Episode 6
A tax scam nets fraudsters over a million pounds, a benefits cheat feigns disability to steal thousands, and a council tenant tries to bag a house at a knockdown price.
Sept. 25, 2023, midnight
S5E7 - Episode 7
A gang evade £3 million in tax by selling illicit petrol, a manager steals from his own taxpayer-funded charity to buy holidays, and a takeaway owner cheats HMRC out of £170,000.
Sept. 26, 2023, midnight
S5E8 - Episode 8
Three brothers with a hospitality empire pinch £3 million of taxpayer cash, a GP steals more than £1 million, and a couple claiming disability benefits are filmed walking unaided.
Sept. 27, 2023, midnight
S5E9 - Episode 9
A school mops up taxpayer cash pretending to employ 40 cleaners, a union rep rips off her members and the NHS, and a man is guilty of illegally dumping 14,000 tonnes of waste.
Sept. 28, 2023, midnight
S5E10 - Episode 10
A dentist lets her unqualified boyfriend operate on her patients and pocket £120,000, a man sells dodgy student exemption certificates, and we look into the anatomy of an NHS fraud.
Sept. 29, 2023, 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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