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This week, 4 males have been convicted in reference to a corruption and bribery scandal involving multimillion-pound telecoms contracts awarded to Scottish well being boards
The Excessive Court docket in Glasgow discovered Adam Sharoudi and Gavin Brown, administrators of Scottish telco Oricom, responsible of securing over £6 million in NHS contracts by way of fraud.
The corporate, based in Ayrshire in 2008, offered telecoms and video conferencing gear to numerous Scottish NHS trusts between 2010 and 2017.
An investigation by NHS Scotland Counter Fraud Companies revealed that commercially delicate procurement data was leaked to Oricom by NHS insiders Alan Hush, a former telecoms supervisor, and Gavin Cox, head of IT infrastructure at NHS Lanarkshire. In alternate, Hush and Cox acquired money and items value totalling practically £90,000.
The courtroom heard that one contract awarded to Oricom with out correct tendering was value over £3.1 million.
Prosecutors argued that Oricom was given an unfair industrial benefit, undermining procurement integrity and costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands.
Lord Arthurson, presiding over the case, known as the actions “a coldly calculated and legal betrayal of the welfare state,” including that the 4 males ought to count on important jail sentences.
All 4 males stay in custody earlier than sentencing subsequent month.
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