"An NHS manager who siphoned off more than 120,000 from his trust, primarily to fuel a gambling addiction, has been handed a prison sentence. Alec Gandy, a senior operational manager at Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust, orchestrated a scheme involving fake temporary worker accounts, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) revealed. Gandy created fictitious roles for his friend, Matthew Lane, as a physician's assistant, and his ex-wife, Kaylee Wright, as a paramedic. He then authorised invoices totalling over 123,000 to be paid into these accounts."
"The CPS stated that much of this money was subsequently transferred back to Gandy, 42, who squandered more than 92,000 on gambling and diverted an additional 12,000 to his own businesses. The fraud spanned 16 months, beginning in August 2022. When the Dudley trust uncovered the illicit activity, they alerted the NHS Counter Fraud Authority, which launched an investigation after Gandy had left his position."
Alec Gandy, a senior operational manager at Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust, orchestrated a fraud using fake temporary worker accounts and authorised invoices totalling over 123,000. He created fictitious roles for a friend and his ex-wife, who received payments that were largely transferred back to him. Gandy spent over 92,000 on gambling and diverted about 12,000 to his businesses. The scheme ran for 16 months from August 2022 until the trust discovered the activity and reported it to the NHS Counter Fraud Authority. Gandy was jailed for two-and-a-half years; accomplices received suspended and community sentences.
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