Different sentences for benefit frauds
Frankie Luders, 60, from Halifax, has been jailed for 27 weeks, which at more than six months, is three weeks for each of the nine offences. (h/t Dave)He was previously convicted in 2013 of ten counts...
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A Turkish man convicted of cheating the State out of more than £81,000 in benefits has walked free from Gloucester Crown Court after blaming his ex-wife for his predicament. (h/t Dave)Resul Cerikan,...
View ArticleAircraft drug smuggler & benefit-cheat wife ordered to pay back over £56k
A husband and wife convicted of drug dealing and benefit fraud have been ordered to pay back more than £56,000.Michael Daly, 47, and Julie Daly, 45, from Wythenshawe, were sentenced in June at Minshull...
View ArticleMother jailed for £40k housing benefit fraud
A Kingsbury mother who fraudulently claimed £40,000 in housing benefit by concealing that her landlord was the father of her children has been jailed.Anwar Mihsen, from Kingsbury, hid the information...
View ArticleLight sentence for benefit fraud
A Redditch man who dishonestly claimed more than £4,000 in benefits has been fined by magistrates.Dale Chapman, aged 40, was sentenced by Redditch Magistrates Court.He pleaded guilty to dishonestly...
View ArticleThe slow, slow pursuit of benefit fraud
A benefits fraudster who moved into his garden shed while renting out his four bedroom council townhouse via Gumtree has finally been evicted.John Gallagher, 64, was jailed in August after a court...
View Article£28k repeat offender not jailed
A mother of two who plundered more than £28,000 in benefits she wasn't entitled to has walked free from court.Elaine Ivory, 44, claimed she was a single mum when in reality she was living with her...
View ArticleBarrister fined for using dead mother's blue badge
Two motorists who attempted to avoid paying parking charges by fraudulently using disabled “blue-badge” parking permits have been fined by Croydon magistrates. (h/t Dave)Barrister Prithvijit Hoon...
View ArticleBenefits cheat betrays herself on facebook
A benefits cheat who scrounged £13,000 in handouts by posing as a single mum was caught after she bragged on Facebook that her partner was organising a family holiday.Andrea Burton, 42, pocketed income...
View ArticleLight sentence for illegal sub-letting
A second successful prosecution has been completed in Cornwall under new Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act legislation.Carol Ann Broaders (60) formerly of Newham Road, Truro pleaded guilty at...
View Article"Ian Kognito" was benefits thief
A benefits cheat who pocketed £5,000 in disability handouts while claiming he was too ill to get out of bed was filmed performing as a male burlesque dancer called 'Ian Kognito'. (h/t Dave)Mark...
View ArticleOne of the odder benefit fraud cases
A benefits cheat who received more than £26,000 after claiming he could not walk was caught out when he was filmed strolling into a job centre.Darren Matthews, 44, from Salford, cheated the state out...
View ArticleSuspended jail sentence for 7-year benefit fraud
Trickster Thomas Wilkinson claimed to have been unable to walk very far as a result of osteoarthritis. (h/t Dave)But the 67-year-old was regularly appearing on stage at around £250-a-time as part of...
View ArticleJail for £62k benefit fraud
A self-employed man from Urmston who pretended to be jobless to claim more than £60,000 in benefits has been jailed for two years.Jason Larkin, 44, formerly of Stretford Road, was convicted of...
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View ArticleWoman cautioned for benefit fraud re-offends
A carer who claimed more than £18,000 in benefits she was not entitled to had received a caution for an identical offence two years earlier.Kirsty Wilcox, 27, received the certificate of caution from...
View ArticleLight sentence for 5 year benefit fraud
A Stretford man who pretended to be off work sick for five years to fraudulently claim almost £20,000 in benefits has been convicted of fraud.Paul Kelly, 55, has been convicted of dishonestly claiming...
View ArticleBenefit thief jailed
A scammer who hid her partner's £53,000 a year salary so she could carry on receiving benefits has been jailed for a year.Anita Brown fraudulently claimed £27,000 of benefits for more than four years...
View ArticleDWP in spectacular benefit fraud foul-up
A pensioner who conned taxpayers out of £41,000 in benefits over seven years has avoided being sent to jail.Linda Larsen, 67, was sentenced to 200 hours' unpaid work after receiving housing benefit,...
View ArticleDismal delay in nailing Croydon benefit fraud
A Croydon Council worker who fraudulently more than £36,000 of benefits from her own employer has been spared jail.Nicole Kelly claimed housing benefit and council tax benefit from the council for five...
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