Council relies on tipoffs to spot benefit fraud
An Ashbourne woman who dishonestly claimed benefits totalling £9,926 has been sentenced to a 12-month community order with 100 hours of unpaid work.Sally Hodson-Ridgway, of George Street pleaded guilty...
View ArticleBenefit thief "single" mother jailed
A South Shields benefit cheat who claimed she was a single mother pocketed £123,000 in handouts she wasn’t entitled to while living with her partner in his house.For 12 years Jean Ahmed said she was a...
View Article"Everyone exaggerates their claims"
A former Mr Wales who falsely claimed £28,332 in disability benefits whilst competing in bodybuilding contests has been jailed for six months. (h/t Dave)Peter Beddoe, 49, of Aberdare, claimed he was...
View ArticleTrivial punishments for two benefit thieves
A woman has been successfully prosecuted after receiving nearly £28,000 in benefits despite having £27,000 in savings.Elizabeth Lauder, from Aylesbury, had £27,000 in bank accounts prior to making her...
View ArticleTeacher in £13.8k benefit fraud gets £440 fine
What a case. She now says she lied about being cured. Her doctor must be fascinated.A primary school teacher has been ordered to pay back almost £14,000 in disability benefits after she was caught...
View ArticleArrested in 2012, court in late 2014
Two illegal immigrants who conned the Government into allowing them to stay in Britain as asylum seekers and claimed £130,000 in benefits just by changing their names face jail today. (h/t A...
View ArticleBristol reports benefits numbers
Bristol's benefits fraud team has saved nearly £1.5million of council taxpayers' money by identifying incorrect or fraudulent claims – in just six months.The team investigated nearly 400 cases which...
View ArticleGuardian takes benefit fraud numbers at face value
H/t to Dave for spotting this Guardian piece suggesting that genuine benefits claimants are being victimised because the public thinks benefit fraud is more prevalent than government figures show.Many...
View ArticlePensioner benefit claimant owned houses
A pensioner has been convicted of fraudulently claiming thousands in benefits for eight years despite owning four houses.Richard Denby, from Benson, near Wallingford, was found guilty of five counts of...
View ArticleTwo "single" mothers caught by their own Facebook entries
Stephanie Redmond wrongly claimed £20,000. She was given a 24 week jail sentence suspended for two years, ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work and handed a six-week curfew order.And Shefford...
View ArticleAnother "single" mother caught by her Facebook entry
A benefit cheat who swindled £57,210 of taxpayers’ cash by claiming she was a single mother-of-three was rumbled after she posted pictures of her wedding day on Facebook. She also failed to declare her...
View ArticleConditional discharge for £7k benefit fraud offence
A MAN landed in court for benefit fraud after stashing away £55,000 in savings and never telling his long-term partner – because he feared she would spend it all.The court heard how 72-year-old William...
View ArticleBenefit scrounger family jailed
Today we highlight the case of a Liverpool family who systematically plundered taxpayers of more than £200,000 in fake benefits claims. Samuel Bennett and his wife Patricia, both 64, claimed disability...
View ArticleDigital investigation of benefit frauds
A reader writes:Benefit fraud cases can only be investigated if the accused typically claims at least 10k in fraudulent claims. This is roughly the cost of each investigation into benefit fraud. The...
View ArticleSlow benefit fraud investigation & light sentence
A shopping centre security guard pocketed £52,000 in benefits claiming he could barely walk while being praised for sprinting after shoplifters and even running karate classes.Kevin Baker, 45, claimed...
View ArticleAnother slow benefit fraud case
A Margate mother of four wept as she was jailed for receiving nearly £55,000 in benefits illegally.Emma Truscott, 36, failed to tell the authorities that for two years her lover was banking his...
View ArticleRecord benefit fraud in Trafford
A Trafford councillor has welcomed a record number of benefits frauds detected in 2013/2014.The latest fraud investigation service report, which prevents, deters, investigates and detects fraudulent...
View ArticleJail for another "single" parent
A shameless fraudster who drove a luxury BMW while falsely claiming tens of thousands of pounds in benefits has been jailed.Angella Brown, 45, told Croydon council she was homeless while sending her...
View ArticleNews of keys amnesties reaches Cornwall
We've written before about the results of keys amnesties in various parts of the country (click on the keys amnesty label at the end of this post). Word of them has now filtered through to...
View ArticleDunbartonshire reports on benefit fraud
Members of the public have been urged to back a new campaign that aims to crack down on fraud.Launched by East Dunbartonshire Council, the campaign reminds people that fraud against the public purse...
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