Staff at back-to-work firm A4e at centre of new fraud probe over vouchers meant to buy interview suits for jobless

The company owned by David Cameron’s former ‘back-to-work’ tsar is at the centre of a new fraud probe. Detectives are investigating the alleged misuse of thousands of pounds’ worth of Government vouchers meant to help the jobless back into work. Officers from Thames Valley Police’s Economic Crime Unit are examining claims that staff at employment firm A4e used the vouchers to boost their annual salaries instead of handing them to the unemployed clients they were supposed to be helping.
Staff at A4e – the firm built up by multi-millionaire Emma Harrison – are believed to have stolen the vouchers and exchanged them for goods in high street stores. The widening of the inquiry comes as a male A4e employee was interviewed under caution by Thames Valley detectives.

The man, who attended a police station by appointment yesterday afternoon, is the second staff member to be interviewed since the fraud inquiry was revealed in last week’s Mail on Sunday....Read more here--: Staff at back-to-work firm A4e at centre of new fraud probe over vouchers meant to buy interview suits for jobless