Collapsed company SJK Wholesale is not a household name. The NHS is, even in Ireland. But fewer people are probably aware that Britain’s National Health Service has a counter fraud arm. It was set up in 2017 to tackle the staggering £1.27 billion annual cost to the public purse from fraud, bribery and corruption affecting the NHS. Recently, the NHS Counter Fraud Authority contacted the liquidator of SJK Wholesale, accountant Myles Kirby, to inform him of a money-laundering investigation involving the wound-up company, and the alleged use of criminal property “to fund the purchase of vehicles”.  Details are so far…

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