{"id":57022,"date":"2015-05-19T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=591a7f06d2535ed2cfd878222ffcc52c"},"modified":"2015-05-19T13:20:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T13:20:00","slug":"news-story-new-application-checker-service-to-help-prevent-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=57022","title":{"rendered":"News story: New Application Checker service to help prevent fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Every new application to an organisation such as local councils, government bodies and transport authorities brings a risk. The person applying may not be who they say they are, or they may fail to declare relevant information, affecting their entitlement to a benefit, service or job.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/national-fraud-initiative-additional-public-services#application-checker\">National Fraud Initiative Application Checker<\/a> service provides these organisations with access to the information they require to evaluate applications, speeding up the process and reducing the risk of fraud. In doing so it allows users to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>verify an applicant\u2019s immigration status<\/li>\n<li>cross-check an applicant\u2019s identity against known fraudulent identities<\/li>\n<li>validate details provided on application forms<\/li>\n<li>verify the applicant\u2019s welfare entitlement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>For further information, or if you are interested in subscribing to the service please email <a href=\"mailto:nfiqueries@cabinetoffice.gov.uk\">nfiqueries@cabinetoffice.gov.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cabinet Office\u2019s National Fraud Initiative has launched Application Checker, a service to help prevent fraud at the point of application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57022"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57065,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57022\/revisions\/57065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}