Light sentences for Bromley benefit thieves
Three people will have to pay tens of thousands of pounds back to Bromley Council after being caught committing benefit fraud.Jibike Adelagun, Roger Byrne and Lindsey Thorpe will have to repay all the...
View ArticleFive Cambridgeshire benefit thieves
Five fraudsters must repay more than £50,000 of falsely claimed benefits following a flurry of successful prosecutions by South Cambridgeshire District Council.The five residents from Cambridge,...
View ArticleBenefit cheat hid inheritance & pension
A hospital car volunteer swindled £36,000 in housing benefits by hiding an inheritance and pension in secret bank accounts.David Yarde claimed housing and council tax benefits on his home in Bideford,...
View ArticleIllegal immigrant jailed for £100k benefit fraud
An illegal migrant who swindled almost £100,000 of taxpayers’ cash in benefits while evading authorities for 14 years has been jailed for four years. Lillian Wade, 55, arrived at Gatwick airport from...
View ArticleUnanswered questions about 426-year repayment plan
A fomer Gwent publican who obtained £25,000 in a benefit fraud can pay it back at £5 a month - something which would take 426 years.At Newport Magistrates Court yesterday, Ian Meyrick, 62, pleaded...
View ArticleSingle person benefit fraud nets £24,000
A Crawley woman has been sentenced after being found guilty of dishonestly claiming more than £24,000 in benefits by pretending she was no longer living with her husband.Kerry Allen was found guilty of...
View ArticleCouncil encourages anonymous fraud tip-ffs
A pensioner who claimed more than £70,000 in false housing benefit payments has been spared jail because she is too old.Mercy Challiah, 70, from Barkingside netted £71,450.87 over an 11 year period of...
View ArticleJudge jails benefit fraud mother
A benefits fraudster from Farnborough, who falsely claimed nearly £140,000 from taxpayers over more than 12 years, has been jailed for 10 months. (h/t Dave)Mum-of-four Idalian Linton, 43, carried out...
View ArticleBenefit fraud investigation took years
A clairvoyant who swindled almost £70,000 in disability benefit by claiming he could barely was jailed after he was filmed working out in a gym.Spiritualist Timothy Abbott, 53, conned the taxpayer out...
View ArticleTip-off sends benefits thief to jail
A benefits cheat who fiddled £26,000 by saying he was too handicapped to walk has been jailed for six months - after being filmed playing in golf tournaments.Golfer Alan Bannister, who played off a...
View ArticleMother jailed for repeated benefit fraud
A mother of two from Dudley has been jailed for seven months for fiddling nearly £67,000 in benefits.It was the second time Siobhan Lane, aged 34, had been caught working a benefits scam, Wolverhampton...
View ArticleJail for 15 year benefit fraud
A couple falsely claimed £90,000 in benefits to fund their dream wedding in Cuba which took place while they were on bail for previous fraud. Tracey Dougherty, 38, and Stephen Turner, 60, claimed tens...
View ArticleThurrock recovers 71 homes in one year
Thurrock Council estimates four percent of its homes - 400 - are in the hands of fraudsters.Councillor Lynn Worrall, who's in charge of housing, was speaking at an event to publicise a council campaign...
View ArticleBenefit cheat lied on election form
A benefit cheat lied about a conviction when he ran as a Conservative councillor.Michael Jefferson Fadaka, from Enfield, was handed an 11 month suspended jail sentence.Fadaka stood as a Conservative...
View ArticleDisabled blue badge frauds in Rotherham
Two private hire drivers have been prosecuted for illegally using Blue Badges for the disabled.Thirty four year old Kamran Khan, from Sheffield, was fined £140 and ordered to pay costs of £300 together...
View ArticleBenefit fraud lasted five years
A Flixton benefit cheat who falsely claimed more than £22,000 over a five year period has been handed a suspended prison sentence.Alison Lett, 58, was convicted of dishonestly obtaining employment...
View ArticleEmployment and Support Allowance
This is not about fraud (not ostensibly, anyway). The government claims to have done much on ESA, but there is still more to do.More than 100,000 people are claiming around £100 a week in benefits...
View ArticleJail for £120k benefits fraud
Following a Borough of Poole-led joint investigation with Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council and the DWP, Eric Stone has been sentenced to two years imprisonment at Bournemouth Crown Court.He pleaded...
View ArticleIn praise of IDS
James Bartholomew discusses Iain Duncan Smith's place in history, saying that he has presided over profound changes to our welfare system and a huge reduction in unemployment.Our interest is...
View ArticleBenefit thief fined £100 for illegally claiming £4700
It seems to be Get Off Lightly time in the West Country again. Dave noticed this.A Torquay woman who cheated the taxpayer of almost £5,000 in benefits has been fined £100 by magistrates.Audrey...
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