FIFTEEN people, including four former employees, have been charged in connection with alleged fraud at City of Edinburgh Council.
The allegations include corruption and money-laundering, and it is understood that as well as former workers, council contractors are among those charged.
They relate to repairs carried out at council buildings in the capital and follow a police investigation which sprung out of the statutory notice repairs scandal.
More than 800 people have complained about being overcharged for unnecessary and substandard work by the property conservation department.
Since 2005, statutory repair bills have shot up from £9.2 million to about £30m in 2010.
The council has launched its own investigation, costing £1.5m over two years. Seven people have been dismissed and about 12 are understood to currently be suspended by the council.
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