Michael Stainer sentenced to three years
Updated 07.07.22 @16:00 Today at Southwark Crown Court, July 7th 2022, sentencing of the disgraced ex-chartered accountant, Michael Stainer (pictured below) has taken place, [...]
Fraud
Is this evidence of Fraud, Financial Irregularities, Non Compliance @ Folkestone & Hythe District Council?
Each year the Chairman of Folkestone & Hythe District Council Audit & Governance Committee (A&GC), must respond to the external auditors letter which asks: [...]
Whistleblower claims allegations of “serious and sustained fraud within the council”
Updated: 25.05.22 @ 15:12 A whistleblower’s allegation of corruption and cronyism inside Folkestone & Hythe District Council are so serious they claim only a [...]
More court cases for Michael Stainer yet to come.
July 8th, the day Michael Stainer will be sentenced for cheating the public revenue and fraud by false representation of £473,097, after a two week trial at Southwark Crown [...]
£2.5 million pound of financial irregularities on Council roofing contract under investigation
Anthony Wallner (pictured) is not a name you would have heard of. But regular readers won’t be surprised to learn that he is the Asset & Major Works Senior [...]
Michael & Doris Stainer Charged with Fraud
Michael and Doris Stainer (pictured below) have been charged with failing to pay income tax and national insurance contributions amounting to over £400,000 under two [...]
Where’s the Money Gone, Mikey?
Who says we don’t make a difference? Within days of our article “Covid-19 Grant Fraud at the Grand as Council demands its money back” , Folkestone and Hythe Council [...]
Another Lie by Cllr David Drury Monk?
Why does Council leader David Monk (pictured) lie to his fellow councillors and the residents of the district either by design or accident? Here’s a very recent example: [...]
Covid-19 Grant Fraud at the Grand as Council demands its money back
BREAKING NEWS: Following an FOI request first made on May 3rd 2020 and a full eight months late, the Council has conceded that it received applications for COVID-19 grants [...]
Part 1: What do we know about John Bunnett, the man responsible for the £2.7bn Otterpool Park development
John Bunnett is the man charged with delivering the £2.7bn project we know as Otterpool Park. This development is anticipated to deliver 8,500 homes, in the first phase with [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council issue £6.2 million worth of contracts bypassing normal tendering processes
£6.2 million pounds worth of contracts in 2019/20 were issued by Folkestone & Hythe District Council, using waivers and citing urgency and expediency. In total, 49 [...]
Cllr David Wimble Committed Fraud
Updated: 20:30am 23/07/20 Cllr David Wimble (Ind) (pictured), Cabinet Member for the District Economy for Folkestone & Hythe District Council committed fraud by making [...]
Part 3: Folkestone & Hythe District Council Financial Irregularities
In this final piece (for now) we look at at very specific part of the time line in the P & R potential £1.5 million pound fraud which came about as a result of failings [...]
Part 2: Folkestone & Hythe District Council Financial Irregularities.
Folkestone & Hythe District Council are looking for a new statutory s151 Officer. According to the Candidate Breifing Pack on Penna Recruitment & the [...]
Councils Take Decisive Action To Dismiss East Kent Housing Board
The Four Councils who own East Kent Housing, Dover Canterbury, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet have today (12/12/19) dismissed the East Kent Housing Board and taken direct [...]
The End Of The Beginning For East Kent Housing
So the beginning ends. Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet has agreed in principal to withdraw from East Kent Housing and begin a consultation process with all [...]
P & R closes down, but we are NOT out of the woods yet.
After 15 months of continuous investigation by the Shepwayvox Team into P & R Installation Company Ltd, who won a £27 million pound contract with East Kent Housing; [...]
Part 2: East Kent Councils overcharged £1.5 million by Gas Contractor P & R.
We said way back in May 2018, fraud was happening on the Gas Contract. Now it comes to light P & R have been charging the four owners of EKH fraudently to the sum of [...]
Part 1: Is the Chief Executive of East Kent Housing, Deborah Upton, fit for purpose? You decide.
Deborah Josephine Upton (pictured) has a long history of contracts going pear-shaped on her watch. This has happened while she worked for Medway Council, Circle Housing and [...]
Is Cllr David Wimble committing fraud?
According to the vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cllr David Wimble, Cabinet Member for the District Economy (pictured) who represents [...]
Will Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s auditor – Grant Thornton – find the fraud?
Each year every local authority is required by law to make up its accounts and get an auditor to sign off on them. Members of the public have certain rights during the [...]
All 4 East Kent Councils paid P & R for fraudulent Gas Safety Certificates
Yesterday -27th June 2019 Dover District Council Governance Committee met and part of the agenda pack at pages 18 and 19 states: Discussions were started with the contractor [...]
Grant Thornton telling lies? You decide.
Grant Thornton is under investigation for it’s audits and earlier this year the Chief Executive of Grant Thornton informed the business, energy and industrial strategy [...]
Part 2: Ownership of Pensand House & Marlborough Court
The Russian Federation claim in a legal case there was money laundering, embezzlement and fraud. This is supported by evidence in a well researched book; whose two authors [...]
Fraud? We’ll leave you decide that.
When information that our Council holds must be published freely, charging for it could be considered fraud. The Local Government Transparency Code 2015 makes it clear at [...]