Serco staff face fraud probe
Staff at private security giant Serco face a police investigation after the Government uncovered potentially fraudulent behaviour in the management of its £285 million prison escorting contract.
Serco: Management did not approve misreporting
Private security firm Serco has said that it found no evidence of performance data misreporting taking place with management approval.
The statement said: "Under the contract Serco is required to deliver defendants to Court, and its performance is measured against the delivery of a defendant being ‘Designated Ready and Available for Court Time’ (DRACT).
"Serco has identified misreporting of DRACT data locally on the PECS contract. The data had been misreported such that the performance reported to the customer was overstated.
"Serco has found no evidence that this misreporting was undertaken with the knowledge or approval of management outside the contract."
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