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...