Nine A4e employees charge with fraud offences
Nine employees of under-fire employment services company A4e have been charged with fraud after allegedly faking evidence of jobs to get payments from the public purse.
The "numerous" offences were alleged to have taken place over four years between 2009 and 2013.
The company holds multiple government contracts including under the government's flagship Work Programme, but the court case relates to the "Inspire to Aspire" employment and training scheme.