Barrister claimed council tax support
A barrister who said she needed help paying council tax for 17 months earned nearly £40,000 in that time.Asma 'Sky' Bibi has been hit with a 7pm to 7am curfew after being found guilty of failing to...
View Article64 Birmingham homes recovered in fraud crackdown
Dozens of Birmingham homes have been recovered and hundreds of housing applications cancelled due to fraud, a report has revealed.It comes on the back of a warning the city council faces a £4m black...
View ArticleMothers who pretended to be single get suspended sentences
A mother of three who scrounged over £50,000 in state handouts by claiming she lived on her own insisted she carried on claiming because her live-in boyfriend would disappear for 'days at a time' with...
View ArticleDWP nodded through fatuous claim
Read this and ask yourself, what does it take for the DWP to refuse a claim?A mum stole £15,000 of benefits by claiming her disabled son was "hiding in the loft" when he had actually moved 7,000 miles...
View ArticleClaimant said she was a single parent
A woman from Burgess Hill has been convicted of benefit fraud after failing to disclose, for two years, that she was no longer a single parent living alone, according to the district council....
View ArticleCouncillor committed social housing fraud
A former east London councillor has been warned he could face jail for a decade-long housing fraud that was uncovered while he was in office.Muhammad Harun, 49, remained on the Tower Hamlets social...
View ArticleBenefits claimant pretended she was disabled
A woman who falsely said she was disabled but was seen dancing at a wedding has been jailed for claiming benefits worth £260,000.Nasreen Akhtar also said she was a single parent but was caught living...
View ArticleHow Birmingham is tackling social housing frauds
This explores behind the recent revelation that sixty-four Birmingham homes had been recovered in a crackdown on housing fraud.Amidst a housing crisis in the city with 13,000 people on the waiting list...
View ArticleMother not jailed over £70k benefits fraud
A mother of three has been spared jail over a £70,000 benefits fraud.Samantha Butters, 36, pleaded guilty on the day of her trial to four charges of dishonestly failing to notify a change in...
View ArticleConditional discharge for social housing fraud
A former Crawley resident has been successfully prosecuted by Crawley Borough Council for two criminal offences in relation to council tax and tenancy fraud.Helen Reed held a council tenancy at...
View ArticleRochdale still owed £5m+ in overpaid housing benefits
Rochdale Council is still owed £5.1m in housing benefits wrongly paid to residents.The figure represents the total amount of money outstanding – including from previous years – yet to be recouped by...
View ArticleBenefit cheat had money to buy house
A benefit cheat squirrelled away enough cash to buy a house while illegally taking £23,000 from tax payers.Bolton Crown Court heard how Nasera Iqbal claimed to be a single mum with no income or assets...
View ArticleDog owner was benefit fraudster
A dog owner who claimed she could not walk fleeced £16,000 in disability benefits despite showing off her pooch at Crufts, a court heard.Dawn Gregory, 56, said she could only move 20 yards at a time...
View ArticlePlymouth's worst recent benefit cheats
Shameless benefit cheats have fleeced the state out of tens of thousands of pounds with blatant lies.Disability claimants have been caught training dogs at Crufts, delivering pizzas or holding down two...
View ArticleMan sentenced for benefit fraud and obtaining a false passport
A man who cheated the state out of thousands of pounds in benefits and fraudulently obtained a passport has been sentenced. (h/t Dave)The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Mohammed Ahmed, 39,...
View ArticleLight sentence for blatant big benefit fraud
A benefit cheat continued collecting her dead mother’s pension for nearly eight years in a £77,000 fraud, a court heard. (h/t Dave)Hilary Wilson, 46, a school clerical assistant from Brixton, did not...
View ArticleThe importance of housing fraud
CIPFA writesHousing is a fundamental service that UK local authorities have a responsibility to provide.Councils across the UK offer social housing options for local people based on a variety of...
View ArticleThee role of fake singletons in total benefit fraud
Phantom singletons are set to cost taxpayers more than £10 million-per-week in overpayments, shock figures show.Ghost claims will balloon to an estimated £580 million within two years for couples who...
View ArticleUniversal credit manager stole claimants' payments
A woman who assessed people for universal credit has been sentenced for making fake claims and cheating people out of their cash. (h/t Dave)Rebecca Hanway, 30, of Wigan, admitted defrauding the...
View ArticleBenefit cheat exaggerated incapacity
Lying Dominic Lappin pocketed £75,683 of taxpayer money on the basis he was too disabled to work - while secretly employed as a delivery driver.Lappin claimed a range of benefits, including Disability...
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