Serco ‘fobbed off’ MoJ tagging questions

A Serco boss accused of defrauding the Ministry of Justice admitted the company had ‘fobbed off’ questions about the failing tagging operation, a court heard. Nicholas Woods, 51, and Simon Marshall, 59, allegedly encouraged an accomplice, who cannot be named, to submit fictional costs to the MoJ between 2011 and 2013. Woods is the former finance director of Serco Home Affairs and Marshall is the former operations director of field services. Barry Snelgrove, who managed the electronic contracts for the…