Light sentence for £100k benefit fraudster
A man fraudulently claimed an ‘eye-watering’ £100,000 in benefits over 12 years despite owning two homes.Alan Littleboy cheated the Department of Work & Pensions after inheriting his father’s...
View ArticleDozy Wiltshire: let's have keys amnesty
Dozy Wiltshire have stirred and decided to have a keys amnesty, reports the BBC.People illegally subletting their council-provided homes are being offered the chance to hand in keys with "no questions...
View ArticleJudge orders Spain to enforce benefit fraud debt
Fugitive Tyneside tax cheat Bobby Webber faces being stripped of his luxury Tenerife bolthole after a landmark legal ruling.Club singer Webber is on the run after failing to pay back a penny of the...
View ArticleTelford & Wrekin publicises its anti-fraud drive
About £700,000 has been clawed back by Telford & Wrekin Council by cracking down on people who have been fraudulently claiming benefits. (h/t Dave)The council checked the circumstances of thousands...
View ArticleBenefit fraudster ordered to hand over £35k
A benefit cheat who illegally claimed benefits from Babergh District Council has been ordered by a judge to hand over more than £35,000.Kaj Jensen, 75, of Whatfield Hall, Whatfield, near Hadleigh, had...
View ArticlePersonality and welfare dependency?
Over the past five years, [Perkins] has accumulated a mass of evidence about the personalities of welfare claimants and concluded that individuals with aggressive, rule-breaking and anti-social...
View ArticleNo redeeming features
A cheating couple fiddled more than £120,000 in benefits to fund a lavish lifestyle – including a luxury holiday to Las Vegas.Phillip Jones, 41, was jailed for using a series of bogus names to abuse...
View ArticleActive doctor lied about disability
A doctor who dishonestly claimed benefits because she was in pain when she walked just one step took part in a six-mile Army march and was photographed being winched out of a RAF helicopter.Sandra...
View ArticleNow Tower Hamlets announces keys amnesty
Illegally sublet social rented properties have been seized after two cases of tenancy fraud in London’s East End were taken to court.The seizures by Poplar Harca social landlords on two housing estates...
View ArticleBenefit cheat told to pay £277k
A Birmingham benefits cheat hit with a mammoth £277,000 bill has failed to get a discount after losing a court challenge. (h/t Dave)Kulvinder Singh, 55, from Handsworth, raked in more than £32,000 in...
View ArticleJail for a wrong un eventually detected
A man who falsely claimed to be an unemployed single parent has been jailed for tax and benefit fraud worth more than £72,000.Andrew Cooper, 48, from Beddau was working as a self-employed signage...
View Article£38k benefit thief avoids jail
A Scunthorpe woman who fraudulently claimed more than £38,000 in benefits over a six-year period has been spared jail by the "skin of her teeth", a court heard.Anna Brindley dishonestly claimed...
View ArticleManager admits £100k benefit frauds
An engineering manager from Borough Green has admitted cheating the taxpayer out of more than £100,000 in benefits.David Rothwell, 66, pleaded guilty to seven counts of benefit fraud totalling...
View ArticleEasy to get away with
A benefit cheat who fraudulently claimed £21,000 fraud has avoided jail.For seven years Rebecca Hehir, 34, failed to tell Cheshire East Council and the Department for Work and Pensions that her partner...
View ArticleSo Mr Fong knows no one who can translate for him?
A pensioner who illegally claimed £68,000 in benefits while his wife is alleged to have “hundreds of thousands of pounds” in the bank has been told to ask her for help or be locked up. (h/t Dave)Chung...
View ArticleSlap on the wrist for £47k benefits thief
A benefits cheat who stole almost £50,000 in a six-year fraud has been ordered to do 200 hours of unpaid work. (h/t Dave)David Eagle, 49, fraudulently claimed housing and council tax benefits worth...
View Article£32k benefits thief jailed
A woman who claimed she was single and claimed £32,000 worth of benefits despite being married has been jailed. (h/t Dave)Margaret Grieve was caught out when investigators saw her being congratulated...
View Article73-year old benefit thief spared prison
A pensioner fraudster who cheated the taxpayer out of more than £28,000 has been spared a trip to jail because he is 73.Henry Hansen's initial claim for state benefits had been honest when he started...
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View ArticleRidiculous benefit fraud investigation overkill
A benefit cheat who stole £96,000 by claiming to be single was caught out when her ex-husband’s uniform was found hanging in her wardrobe.Bernadette Green, 59, legitimately received housing and council...
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