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...

2019 Compliance Review

Links to all the articles, publications, and legislative educational resources that we distributed in 2019.

Repeat benefit cheat claimed for dead wife - prison again

A 71-year-old man fraudulently claimed almost £32,000 in benefits as his wife's carer while she actually lived in a residential home. ...