The authority have faced down a number of fraud cases in the past year.
Scarborough Borough Council's Fraud Team received 167 reports of suspected fraud in the last year and carried out 29 investigations.
Many of the cases related to the COVID grant scheme.
Sarah Wallis is one of the council's senior fraud investigators and says the amount of money saved was significant:
£96,000 of fraud was stopped by Scarborough Borough Councils fraud team in the last year.
Sarah added:
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Dom Tear's late goal grabbed Scarborough Athletic a point at Macclesfield on Saturday.
Alison Hume, MP for Scarborough and Whitby, has detailed her analysis of this week’s budget announcements, saying that the measures offer significant positive impacts for local families and businesses across the constituency.
Scarborough, Whitby & Ryedale Mind is inviting families, friends and festive fanatics to lace up their trainers and don their best elf outfits as the charity’s much-loved Mental Elf Fun Run heads to Dalby Forest on Sunday.
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