Grandmother admits £37k benefit fraud
A grandmother who over-claimed almost £38,000 in disability benefit for more than 11 years after failing to tell the authorities she had regained her mobility has been spared jail.Pauline Bunting...
View ArticleLight sentence for 9-year benefit fraud
An Altrincham woman has pleaded guilty to falsely claiming more than £23,000 in benefits.Michelle Burke, 47, was convicted of dishonestly obtaining housing and council tax benefit.Miss Burke failed to...
View ArticleSuspended sentences for benefit thieves
An anonymous tip off from a member of the public has led to investigators uncovering almost £44,000 worth of benefit fraud by Samantha Brennan, from Kempston. She was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison,...
View ArticleTeacher hid benefit fraud conviction
A Merseyside teacher who wore an electronic tag in the classroom was banned after failing to disclose her convictions for drink driving and benefit fraud.Therese Sanders, 33, from Southport is barred...
View ArticleWoman on ESA in drunken rant
This isn't about formal benefit fraud, but how nice to see she can afford to get drunk.A drunken woman marched up and down the bar at a Norwich pub with her arm raised in a Hitler salute, and with her...
View ArticleUnpaid work for £20k benefits thief
A costume designer on Disney hit movie Maleficent that starred Angelina Jolie has been convicted of a £20,000 benefit fraud scam.Helen Beaumont, 37, also worked on alien invasion movie Attack the...
View ArticleBenefit thief hid £115k inheritance
A woman who cheated benefits despite inheriting £115,000 from her wrestling champ dad has been spared jail.Four days after making claims for income support, housing benefit and council tax benefit,...
View ArticleLight sentence for 5 year benefit fraud
A Stretford man who had more than £60,000 savings has been sentenced for falsely claiming benefits.Kemal Arifsalih, 48, declared he had no capital, savings or investments in the UK or abroad when he...
View ArticleWhat it takes to prosecute one £3,930 benefit fraud
This is how long it takes to prosecute one small benefit fraud. (h/t Dave) It's not even as if the council detected it - she came to the council's attention thanks to a tip-off.Elisha Lopez filled in...
View ArticleSpotlight on asylum seeker fraud
An asylum seeker who claimed they were 'destitute' to get thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money was found to have £74,000 in cash and illegal wages.The scandal was unearthed by the immigration...
View ArticleConfiscation order against benefit thief
A benefit fraudster has been ordered to pay back £35,000 or face a longer term in prison. (h/t Dave)Stephanie Osbourne, 68, from Immingham, was convicted of benefit fraud on December 6, after pleading...
View Article24 people charged with £400,000 DWP benefit fraud
Andrew Penhale, Deputy Head of the CPS Specialist Fraud Division said:Following an investigation by the Central Criminal Investigation Service, part of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the...
View ArticleIllegal sub-letter caught and sued
A tenant who was subletting her council property has been ordered to pay back more than £10,000 to Greenwich Borough Council.On 4 July, Chesterfield County Court judge Davies found that Ms Jean Neal,...
View ArticleA practitioner writes
In the comments to a previous post a practitioner writesFraud staff only get involved when a claim is referred to them. I regularly process claims which I think are suspicious, I cant do anything else...
View ArticleBenefits cheat who scammed £100,000 in nine years of lies is given 178 YEARS...
A benefits cheat has been given 178 years to pay back the money she swindled from taxpayers. (h/t Dave)Nicola Daly claimed £100,000 in council tax, housing benefit and income support payments for...
View ArticleBenefit cheat defrauded taxpayers of nearly £30,000 by pretending partner was...
A benefit cheat has avoided an immediate prison sentence after she claimed nearly £30,000 in housing benefits when she pretended her partner was her landlord.Rubina Bariwala, aged 34, fraudulently...
View ArticleBlackpool benefit fraud "up 50%"
More than £1.8m was “stolen” from Blackpool taxpayers last year through fraudulent benefit claims, new figures reveal.The total represents overpayments identified by Blackpool Council’s Benefit Fraud...
View ArticleThe wheels of justice continue to grind slow
We noted con woman Yvonne Doyle here.Dave points out that today - seven months after she was sentenced - she has been ordered to repay £107,584 from her husband’s bank account within six months or...
View ArticleJail for two housing benefit frauds
An Ealing student and a Hanwell man have been sent to prison for fraudulently claiming thousands in housing benefits after failing to notify Ealing Council of changes in their circumstances.Taha...
View ArticleIn other benefit fraud news
Lydia Frempong, a life coach employed by Channel 4 to give confidence lessons to its staff, is exposed as a benefits cheat who carried out £5,000 scamDeborah Otter and Nigel Bailey, a benefit cheat...
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