Serious benefit fraud brings slap on the wrist
A Reading woman who claimed more than £60,000 in benefits for care her disabled daughter never received has been given a suspended prison sentence.Bia Abdul, 45, submitted bogus invoices for private...
View ArticleAnother light sentence for benefit fraud
A former teacher stashed a £184,000 inheritance while pocketing state benefits.Grainne Furbank claimed three separate benefits, saying she had just one bank account with just £13.85 in it.And when DWP...
View ArticleAnd another light benefit fraud sentence
An "immature" unemployed father-of-seven from Stockton who dishonestly claimed more than £30,000 in benefits has been spared jail.Dishonest Paul Ferguson, 32, attended Teesside Magistrates' Court on...
View ArticleBenefit fraud & tenancy fraud in Cornwall
Cornwall Council’s fraud investigation team has helped with cases of benefit swindles worth more than £630,000.Since April 2018 the fraud investigations team at County Hall has helped provide...
View ArticleWoman in £36k benefit fraud
A Stockton Tesco worker illegally claimed over £36,500 as a single woman when in actual fact she was living with her husband.Mum-of-five Julie Evelyn Keightley claimed the huge sum from the Department...
View ArticleNorth East authorities attack tenancy fraud
North East councils and housing providers are working together to help prevent tenancy fraud and the billions of pounds it costs taxpayers.The partners, from the North East Tenancy Fraud Forum, have...
View ArticleBenefit cheat magistrate sacked
A magistrate who was jailed after fraudulently claiming almost £27,000 in benefits has been removed from office. (h/t Dave)Sandra Howell was jailed in October over disability living allowance claims...
View ArticleJailed benefit fraudster ordered to repay £47k
A Rosyth woman has been ordered to pay back more than £47,000 after being convicted of benefit fraud.Toni Claughan fraudulently claimed tax credit and child tax credit over a five-year-period at her...
View Article£55k benefit claimant had £84k inheritance
A mother claimed more than £55,000 in benefits when she had stashed away over £84,000 from money she inherited and invested. (h/t FraudManager)Annmarie Rudkin drew income support, housing benefit and...
View ArticleLight sentence for illegal sub-letting
A Cheltenham man has been fined nearly £500 for illegally sub-letting his flat.John Stevens, 55, had been a long time tenant of his Newton Road social housing flat, but moved out to live with his...
View ArticleFacebook postings derailed claims in Spain
A benefits cheat swindled over £46,000 of housing handouts — while boasting of her Spanish property business on Facebook.Louise Jones, 50, was claiming UK disability benefits for nearly a decade...
View ArticleMore fraud to find, says Cornwall
Cornwall Council's fraud investigation team has helped with cases of benefit swindles worth more than £630,000.Since April 2018 the fraud investigations team at County Hall has helped provide...
View ArticleLight sentence for illegal sub-letting
A housing association tenant has been fined for sub letting his home.Edwin William Peacock appeared at Barrow Magistrates Court in the first prosecution of its kind in South Lakeland.Magistrates were...
View ArticleBenefit fraudster told to sell fish
A benefit cheat pictured up a tree and on a zipwire while claiming he could barely walk has been told he must sell his Koi carp and coin collection to pay back money he fraudulently claimed.Paul...
View ArticleBenefit fraudster loses his taxi licence
A Cambridge taxi driver has been barred from the trade after claiming more than £16,000 in benefits he was not entitled to.Mohammed Gulam Mostafa, 52, first appeared before the council’s licensing...
View ArticleCambs man wrongly claimed council tax support
A Fulbourn man has been fined for claiming more than £6,000 in benefits to which he was not entitled.Leslie Wilkinson, 70, admitted he failed to tell South Cambridgeshire District Council’s benefits...
View ArticleMan illegally claimed council tax support
A Plymouth man must carry out 160 hours of community service after admitting to quitting his social housing property whilst he still claimed council tax support.Lloyd Herbert, 26, pleaded guilty to two...
View ArticleMoney saved from benefits caused benefit fraud
A “dedicated” mother who spent years saving up her benefit payments to help out her son has been ordered to pay back some of the money.Kayann Phillips is a carer for her 23-year-old son and, instead of...
View Article"Disabled" benefit cheat showed dogs at Crufts
A dog trainer who claimed she could hardly walk was caught out after she was photographed taking part in the country’s top show.Cheating Linda Avery, aged 57, was pictured at Crufts exhibiting a collie...
View ArticleCommunity action on benefit fraud!
Police, council and government officials teamed up to smash a suspected criminal ring responsible for illegally claiming hundreds of thousands of pounds in benefits.“A local tight-knit community”...
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