A Warrington woman aged 59 has admitted fraudulently claiming income support, housing benefit and council tax benefit totalling over £10,000 between August 2005 and July 2007 while she was in employment. The council say: "The obvious message to benefit cheats is you will be caught"!
Kennet District Council are announcing they uncovered more than £60,000 in overpaid housing and council tax benefit as a result of benefit fraud in the first nine months of the financial year. They prosecuted 11 fraudulent benefits claimants in the courts, handed out seven administrative penalties against fraudsters in excess of £2,000 and gave 18 official cautions. They go on to warn anyone committing benefit fraud that it is only a matter of time before they are caught! But they don't tell us how much they paid out.
If you want to commit benefit fraud, you may find the hints from Wokingham Borough Council helpful. They list some common types of fraud and add
We pay approximately £12.3 million in Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit every year. Nationally, it is estimated that about 10% of benefit paid has been claimed fraudulently.Sadly this huge number is not sourced. Nor are Wokingham saying how much fraud they detected.
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Non job of the week.
http://www.scotland-malawipartnership.org/news.html?newsid=63
The council say: "The obvious message to benefit cheats is you will be caught"!
It takes ingenuity to draw that lesson.
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