EU chiefs have uncovered a fraud involving �500,000 our tax payers money being to paid to the family of an MEP. A European Parliament investigation had found major discrepancies in his use of allowances
The case has now been referred to the European anti-fraud unit OLAF.
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unaccountable expenditure was channelled to a company run by his wife and daughter. Their company subsequently made donations to the local Conservative party. The Conservative MEP responsible, Den Dover has been sacked as the Chief Whip of the Tory MEPs in the European Parliament and has now been expelled from the Conservative party.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-108519 9/Cameron-kicks-senior-Tory-MEP-facing-fraud-p robe-half-million-pound-expenses-scandal.html A small success in tackling EU fraud. Very embarrassing for the Tories who have campaigned a lot about EU fraud, to have their main man in Brussels caught syphoning off half a million quid.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?x ml=/global/2002/05/31/nfraud31.xml Coming after the Tories tried to get a donation from a dodgy Russian, is it time that Party funding was paid by the state?