Accountant convicted of defrauding Westfield Health

The insurer has welcomed the conviction saying policyholders can be reassured that it was clamping down on fraudulent activity to protect them and any premiums they pay. Andrew Gwyn Thomas from Trewern near Welshpool, was given a 28-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months and told to pay £8,188 in compensation to Westfield Health. The judge at Mold Crown Court also ordered him to pay £340 in costs and carry out 300 hours of unpaid work in the community. Thomas, aged 30, admitted falsifying GP referral forms and making a series of false claims to the tune of £8,000. He had c...