REPORTED fraud in Yorkshire leapt by 111% to £280m for 2009 while nationally it broke the £2bn barrier.

Research by BDO shows that the amount lost by businesses and the public sector to larger frauds increased last year by a startling 76% during the recession with both the number and size of frauds increasing dramatically.

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