Benefit cheat makes her crime pay

A grandmother who falsely claimed more than £43,000 in benefits and went on holiday has been ordered to pay back a fraction of that sum. (h/...

Judge says £50k benefit fraud was "out of character"!

A couple from Barry claimed nearly £50,000 in benefits by pretending one was the other one's landlord, a court heard. (h/t Dave) Lace ...

Mother in benefit fraud *again*

A "cunning attention-seeker" who claimed she was dying of cancer to con £19,000 in benefits has been spared jail. Mum-of-three G...

Police raids in £1/2m benefits fraud investigation

Twelve people have been arrested in connection with a large scale benefit scam following dawn raids across Blackburn this morning (Wednesday...

Benefit cheat delivered pizzas while claiming he could hardly walk

A cheat who claimed who could hardly walk while delivering pizzas has been found guilty of a £28,000 benefit fraud. (h/t Dave) Greg Philli...

Anti-fracking protestor was benefit fraudster

This is a report about Catherine Jackson, an anti-fracking protestor who helped herself to Personal Independence Payments, making a declarat...

Benefit fraud takes years to reach court

This is an example of how the benefits fraud enforcement system is overwhelmed - so overwhelmed that it is really just there for show.  Th...

Sub-letting tenant applied for right to buy discount

A Plymouth Community Homes tenant has been convicted of a £40,000 fraud in a landmark prosecution. Adrian Pengilley, aged 43, applied to p...

Accrington mum caught fiddling benefits a second time

A woman who was claiming carers allowance for looking after her son failed to reveal that she had started work. Blackburn magistrates hear...

Pensioner claimed benefits while living abroad

A pensioner fraudulently claimed more than £25,000 in benefits while living abroad. Terrence Sylvester, 79, admitted three counts of benef...