Goodbye

It's time for me to move on, but I'd like to thank everyone who's looked in here over the years. Stay safe, everybody.

Benefit cheat didn't reveal wife was living with him

Benefit cheat Asim Akhtar pocketed £5,633.56 in public handouts - after failing to tell the authorities his wife had moved in with him. Th...

Lying Plymouth gran jailed for £50,000 benefit fraud

A lying grandmother has been jailed for cheating more than £50,000 in benefits by claiming she was disabled when she was working as a cleane...

Mother in systematic benefit frauds

A Facebook announcement about her engagement and surveillance of her home helped expose an auxiliary nurse as a benefit cheat. Stephanie M...

Landlord fraudulently claimed benefits

A private housing landlord who had almost £124,000 in the bank, fraudulently claimed council tax benefits to fund a "lavish lifestyle,&...

Taxi driver didn't reveal benefit fraud conviction

A woman who failed to disclose a conviction of benefit fraud has lost her taxi driver licence. Between September 7 2014 and May 1 2018, Ma...

Council tax claimant hid cash

A benefit cheat has been ordered to carry out unpaid work after hiding nearly £20,000 in cash from the council. Sukru Manga, from Orford, ...

Benefit cheat must pay back £20,000 she swindled

A benefit cheat has been ordered to pay back £20,000 after she was secretly filmed by undercover investigators. Julie Priest, aged 54, lie...

Government to spend £12m p a tackling housing benefit fraud

The government has announced extra cash to help local authorities crack down on housing benefit fraud and error, as part of the housing anno...

Illegal sub-letter must pay back gains

A housing association tenant has been ordered to pay back the £6,000 he scammed by sub-letting his flat to tourists. Liverpool County Cour...

Two fined over council tax benefit fraud

Two people received fines and costs and have to pay back thousands of pounds after admitting fraudulently claiming Council Tax Support for y...

Surfer claimed she was disabled

A competitive surfer and musician who performed at Glastonbury has been convicted of a £13,000 benefits scam after exaggerating her care nee...

Pensioner claimant didn't disclose he was working

A self-employed decorator from Southampton defrauded the taxpayer out of more than £35,000 by collecting benefits while still working. Bar...

Unlawful Profit Order for illegal subletting

A council tenant illegally sublet his Walthamstow flat for five years while living in Warrington with his partner and children. Oluwajare ...

Judge attacks lax monitoring of fraudulent benefits scheme

A benefit fraud scam in which women pretended to be cleaners at schools cost the taxpayer almost £1m, a court heard. Ringleaders Mohamed G...

North East campaign highlights the cost of housing fraud

The financial and social impact of housing fraud will come under the spotlight as part of a regional awareness campaign. Housing fraud is ...

Benefit cheat was repeat offender

A mum from Leeds who illegally claimed more than £28,000 in benefits over a nine-year period has avoided jail. Zena Hirst claimed she was ...

Benefit cheat pursued slowly for historical benefit fraud

A man who cheated Havering Council out of more than £30,000 through council tax and housing benefit fraud has been jailed. David James Ric...

Anti-fracking campaigner was lying benefit cheat

An anti fracking campaigner who claimed to benefit chiefs he was unable to leave his home was later caught on camera climbing onto a lorry d...

Parents jailed for long term benefit fraud

A shameless couple pocketed £108,754 of taxpayers' money to live a life of luxury by pretending they were landlord and tenant to steal b...