Fraudulent transactions through the Scottish Government’s ePC payment system have been committed and how many have been refunded: FOI release
- Published
- 2 November 2023
- Directorate
- Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
- Topic
- Public sector
- FOI reference
- 202200324298
- Date received
- 11 October 2022
- Date responded
- 31 October 2022
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
Details on how many fraudulent transactions through the Scottish Government’s ePC payment system have been committed and how many have been refunded by the Scottish Government.
I would also like to request the amount of each fraudulent transaction along with a total. All payments should stretch from September 2019 to the present day.
Response
The answer to your question is.
Number of fraudulent Electronic Payment Card (ePC) transactions September 2019 to date -
| Month & Year | Number Of Transactions |
|---|---|
| October 2019 | 1 |
| November 2019 | 6 |
| December 2019 | 3 |
| January 2020 | 1 |
| February 2020 | 1 |
| August 2021 | 7 |
| January 2022 | 3 |
| Grand Total | 22 |
Amount and volume of fraudulent Electronic Payment Card (ePC) transactions September 2019 to date -
| Month & Year | Transaction Amount |
|---|---|
| October 2019 | £366.29 |
| November 2019 | £0.75 |
| November 2019 | £7.15 |
| November 2019 | £5.00 |
| November 2019 | £5.00 |
| November 2019 | £16.55 |
| November 2019 | £17.63 |
| December 2019 | £1,305.95 |
| December 2019 | £11.08 |
| December 2019 | £999.99 |
| January 2020 | £84.99 |
| February 2020 | £294.96 |
| August 2021 | £4,170.99 |
| August 2021 | £4,074.00 |
| August 2021 | £2,058.00 |
| August 2021 | £2,416.00 |
| August 2021 | £4,975.99 |
| August 2021 | £2,498.00 |
| August 2021 | £4,198.97 |
| January 2022 | £48.10 |
| January 2022 | £20.99 |
| January 2022 | £32.49 |
| Grand Total | £27,608.87 |
On confirmation of the fraud transactions, the card is stopped and a replacement/new card is issued.
If there are genuine transaction on the card at time of the stopping these transactions are moved over to the new card and if transactions have already been cleared by the direct debt, the refund for the fraud transaction is credited to the replacement/new card.
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