Fraud Squad

1. S01E01Episode 1February 4, 2019—Investigators are on the case of a hospital worker who has stolen vital surgical equipment worth over £1 million to sell online. Elsewhere,
2. S01E02Episode 2February 5, 2019—Investigators are on the trail of a global scam that has conned a series of NHS hospitals out of over £12.5 million, and a hospital cashier
3. S01E03Episode 3February 6, 2019—A locksmith sees pound signs when he is put in charge of a London hospital - and pockets nearly half a million pounds by overcharging the ho
4. S01E04Episode 4February 7, 2019—Investigators uncover an abuse of public money when an NHS manager and his friends conspire to take a quarter of a million pounds - money me
5. S01E05Episode 5February 8, 2019—An accounts worker siphons £642,000 of NHS money into personal bank accounts, and a GP practice manager fakes emails to award himself a pay

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01Episode 1February 3, 2020—The Fraud Squad are on the hunt for a manager who treats the NHS like a cash machine, and an organised crime gang try to swindle the public
2. S02E02Episode 2February 4, 2020—The hunt is on for a ruthless fantasist who has defrauded our NHS of thousands, and a cold-hearted insurance cheat exploits the horror of th
3. S02E03Episode 3February 5, 2020—Join the UK’s fraud specialists as they investigate a wealthy manager taking the NHS for a ride, a million-pound tax fraudster claiming to b
4. S02E04Episode 4February 6, 2020—Fraud investigators hunt a reckless hoaxer faking accidents for fun, a high-living couple claiming benefits and dodging hundreds of thousand
5. S02E05Episode 5February 7, 2020—Fraud specialists investigate a devious dentist who fleeces the NHS to pay for holiday homes and luxury cars, and a con artist making thousa
6. S02E06Episode 6February 10, 2020—Investigators uncover a senior manager taking a gamble with an NHS credit card, and an exotic dance troupe boss goes AWOL after stripping th
7. S02E07Episode 7February 11, 2020—The Fraud Squad investigates a nurse ripping off thousands of pound from the NHS, a lying and cheating boss of a recycling company who helpe
8. S02E08Episode 8February 12, 2020—The fraud investigators chase a GP surgery manager who has blown NHS cash at the bookies and a serial insurance fraudster who tried to cash
9. S02E09Episode 9February 13, 2020—The Fraud Squad hunt down an IT support worker shamelessly helping himself to hospital computers, a gang illegally fly-tipping on an industr
10. S02E10Episode 10February 14, 2020—The Fraud Squad hunts down a serial scam artist faking disability to claim thousands in insurance payouts, and uncovers the most prolific de

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01Episode 1May 10, 2021—A council worker splurges £200,000 of public funds on horse riding and holidays, and a woman pretends she can barely move in order to pocket
2. S03E02Episode 2May 12, 2021—A conwoman brazenly steals £1 million from the public purse to fund her lavish lifestyle, and a trusted parish clerk secretly transfers the
3. S03E03Episode 3May 13, 2021—A supposedly trustworthy local pharmacist doctors prescriptions to earn himself £76,000, and corrupt council workers steal £1 million of pub
4. S03E04Episode 4May 14, 2021—An amateur actress puts on a performance to evade justice for a showstopping £750,000 fraud, and investigators hunt down a school business m
5. S03E05Episode 5May 17, 2021—Hidden cameras expose a web of deceit from a greedy council tenant. And police foil a criminal gang running a sophisticated £8 million fake

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01Episode 1January 31, 2022—School staff steal £500,000 to fund shopping sprees, a former NHS worker books flights and hotels worth thousands, and a benefits cheat is c
2. S04E02Episode 2February 1, 2022—A senior doctor steals £70,000 from the NHS and colleagues, a family of fraudsters commit a decade of benefits fraud, and we join the fight
3. S04E03Episode 3February 2, 2022—A charity treasurer steals £270,000 to fund first-class travel, a finance manager goes on a spending spree with school money, and a council
4. S04E04Episode 4February 3, 2022—An NHS veteran steals equipment worth £15,000, a fraudster launches a campaign of malicious hoax 999 calls, and a benefits cheat claims to h
5. S04E05Episode 5February 21, 2022—HMRC track down the tax-dodging owner of BHS, fraudsters take advantage of the Grenfell Tower disaster to line their pockets, and an illegal
6. S04E06Episode 6February 22, 2022—An academic steals millions meant for environmental research, a council fights back against fraudulent compensation claims, and a conman ste
7. S04E07Episode 7February 23, 2022—A fraudster steals thousands of pounds from a children’s charity, a conman pretends to work for the NHS to fleece an elderly victim, and we
8. S04E08Episode 8February 24, 2022—A fraudster hands out public contracts for kickbacks, a benefit cheat is caught out on camera, and a nurse scams thousands by working a seco
9. S04E09Episode 9February 25, 2022—HMRC face the biggest tax fraud investigation in UK history, with over a £100 million of public money on the line. An NHS manager abuses his
10. S04E10Episode 10February 28, 2022—An NHS accountant triples-up on lucrative jobs, HMRC busts the UK’s biggest counterfeit cigarette factory, and a benefits cheat is caught cl

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01Episode 1September 18, 2023—A removals boss films himself smuggling two million cigarettes into the UK, a fraudster poses as a single mum for £100,000 of benefits, and
2. S05E02Episode 2September 19, 2023—A golf pro cheats the public purse out of thousands, a benefits cheat is caught performing as an Elvis impersonator, and a conman invents 18
3. S05E03Episode 3September 20, 2023—A former Inland Revenue employee steals £7 million from HMRC, a woman claims a council flat while letting her home, and a benefit scrounger
4. S05E04Episode 4September 21, 2023—A gang steal £16 million smuggling booze into the UK, a fraudster ditches the crutches to walk home with his benefits, and a dentist fabrica
5. S05E05Episode 5September 22, 2023—A couple overcharge the council £400,000 in a care home staffing scam, a man illegally sublets his council house to his children, and a woma
6. S05E06Episode 6September 25, 2023—A tax scam nets fraudsters over a million pounds, a benefits cheat feigns disability to steal thousands, and a council tenant tries to bag a
7. S05E07Episode 7September 26, 2023—A gang evade £3 million in tax by selling illicit petrol, a manager steals from his own taxpayer-funded charity to buy holidays, and a takea
8. S05E08Episode 8September 27, 2023—Three brothers with a hospitality empire pinch £3 million of taxpayer cash, a GP steals more than £1 million, and a couple claiming disabili
9. S05E09Episode 9September 28, 2023—A school mops up taxpayer cash pretending to employ 40 cleaners, a union rep rips off her members and the NHS, and a man is guilty of illega
10. S05E10Episode 10September 29, 2023—A dentist lets her unqualified boyfriend operate on her patients and pocket £120,000, a man sells dodgy student exemption certificates, and

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

1. S06E01Episode 1July 14, 2025—A hospital surgeon forges his own payslips to defraud the NHS out of £28,000. And the Environment Agency discovers toxic waste being dumped
2. S06E02Episode 2July 15, 2025—A family dodges £60,000 in income tax by turning their home into an illegal puppy farm. And the NHS boss who stole more than half a million
3. S06E03Episode 3July 16, 2025—A trusted GP manager fiddles the books to pocket over £300,000 to fund her lavish spending. And the man who used the Covid pandemic to steal
4. S06E04Episode 4July 17, 2025—A criminal gang set up ‘benefits factories’ to defraud UK taxpayers out of a whopping £50 million pounds. And a Swansea shop owner selling i
5. S06E05Episode 5July 18, 2025—A so-called green energy entrepreneur keeps breaching regulations, risking public health. And the family who made more than £200,000 selling
6. S06E06Episode 6July 21, 2025—A council employee falsifies paperwork to steal over £900,000 from a local authority, and a small homewares store turns out to be the front
7. S06E07Episode 7July 22, 2025—A routine welfare check on a disability claimant exposes fraud on a vast scale. And Trading Standards track down a criminal selling illegal
8. S06E08Episode 8July 23, 2025—A fire on an illegal waste site costs the taxpayer £500,000 and unearths £4 million in unpaid tax. And a chancer creates a fake identity to
9. S06E09Episode 9July 24, 2025—An accountant who funded a lavish lifestyle by cheating both private clients and the NHS out of over £1.3 million. And a benefits cheat who
10. S06E10Episode 10July 25, 2025—An audacious asbestos dump, endangering public health and the environment. And the shopfitter who dodged a whopping £2.5 million in tax to s

Season 6 ranked & reviewed