Concentrix under attack for crass tax credit errors
A teenage mother had her child tax credits stopped after she was wrongly accused of being married to a dead 74-year-old man, the BBC has learned.Nicola McKenzie is one of hundreds of people complaining...
View ArticleConcentrix claims £300m savings but failed in duty of care
Concentrix, the US firm accused of incorrectly withdrawing tax credits from hundreds of claimants, will not have its contract renewed, HMRC says. The firm, employed by the government to cut tax credit...
View Article£32k benefit fraudster jailed
A former care worker who raked in more than £30,000 in benefits she had no right to claim has been jailed for four months after offering to pay back just £150 a month.Maureen Franklin, 63, received...
View ArticleBenefit thief's prison sentence confirmed
A Middlesbrough pensioner caged for a £40,000 benefits fraud can have “no complaints” about his tough sentence, senior judges have ruled.Edward Blackburn was jailed for 12 months at Teesside Crown...
View ArticleBenefit thief claims she is concerned about her good character
A woman who claimed she was single and her estranged partner was only sleeping in a car in the driveway (!) has been sentenced for benefit fraud. (h/t Dave)Melanie Fincham's claims were fraudulent from...
View ArticleLight sentences for tax and benefit frauds
The self-styled 'king of male strip tease shows', Barry Solomons, has been jailed for 28 months for tax evasion and benefit fraud.The 71-year-old from Bristol is the founder of male stripper troupes...
View ArticleWoman rightly jailed for £80k benefit fraud
A Truro woman has been jailed for benefits fraud after claiming that she was single while living with her husband.Helen Salunga, 47, pleaded guilty to four counts of defrauding the Department for Work...
View ArticleGran sobs as she is jailed for benefit fraud
A gran has been jailed in tears after claiming almost £97,000 in benefits she wasn’t entitled to.For 13 years, Margaret Elliott failed to declare she was no longer a single parent and was living with...
View ArticleChesterfield Council advice on benefit fraud
All Housing Benefit fraud allegations are now dealt with by the Department for Works and Pensions, (DWP), although all changes in circumstances should still be reported to the benefits section at...
View ArticleConfiscation order eventually granted
A woman who wrongly claimed nearly £43,000 in benefits must now pay nearly £60,000.Watford mother Bushra Begum, 72, and her daughter Tabassum, 42, claimed more than £185,000 in benefits from Watford...
View ArticleDisabled man couldn't work but could do gardening
A benefit cheat who claimed thousands of pounds in disability allowance after saying he could not walk has been caught out after a neighbour filmed him using heavy machinery in his garden.Christopher...
View ArticleCalculating benefit fraudster gets away with it
A benefits cheat mum falsely claimed thousands of pounds to buy a second home to get her kids into the catchment area for a better school, a court heard.Mum-of-four Rejiya Mukith avoided jail after...
View ArticleWoman jailed over £77k benefits fraud
A benefits cheat fleeced the public purse of £77,000 after claiming she was unfit to work despite holding down a full time job at a wholesalers.Karen Tomlinson’s nine-year deception came to light when...
View ArticleSuspended sentence for £38k benefits cheat
A Leicester benefits cheat who claimed £38,000 she was not entitled to has been given a suspended jail sentence.Carla Hayes, 29, pleaded guilty to two counts of benefit fraud relating to income...
View ArticleMan fined for illegal sub-letting
A former Milton Keynes council tenant has been ordered to pay back more than £1,000 after being caught fraudulently sub-letting his flat.Thomas Mann, 46, formerly of Serpentine Court, Bletchley,...
View ArticleNominal punishments for extended benefit fraud
A Heysham resident and her accomplice in the Costa del Sol who falsely claimed he was living with her in the UK in order to fraudulently claim a UK benefit have both been found guilty of benefit fraud....
View ArticleLeeds pensioners jailed for benefit fraud
Two benefit cheats from Leeds have been jailed in separate cases after failing to declare they were receiving private pensions. (h/t Dave)Leeds Crown Court heard when Donald Denton claimed housing and...
View ArticleBenefit fraud nurse eventually suspended
A BLAENAU Gwent nurse has been suspended by regulatory body The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) after illegally claiming thousands of pounds in benefits.Alison Dawn Scott, of Blaenau Gwent, worked...
View ArticleLiverpool couple jailed for £100k benefits fraud
A couple were jailed after ‘taking away’ more than £100,000 in benefits ‘from people who really need help’.Alexander Pearson, 61, and his partner Veronica Stuart, 64, from Kirkby, scammed tax payers...
View ArticleFraudster loses fight to keep his flat
Sean Martin Doherty has been refused permission to appeal against a High Court order for his property in Princess Road to be handed over to the National Crime Agency (NCA).The court had heard the...
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