A 60-year-old woman from Maryport collapsed onto the floor of the dock at Carlisle Crown Court, sobbing loudly, moments after learning she would not be sent to prison for an £85,000 benefits fraud.Louise Stuart, a former care…
A pensioner has been spared jail after admitting to pocketing £70,000 in benefits despite owning a property abroad.George Tatlow, from Swansea, admitted to three counts of fraudulent benefit claims spanning eight years after…
A Bulgarian migrant behind one of Britain's biggest-ever scams who claimed Universal Credit after being released from prison will be forced to pay her benefits back.Tsvetka Todorova, 54, received a three-year sentence in…
A benefits fraudster who pocketed over £16,500 in Universal Credit has been given 22 years to pay it back.Sarah Hanlon, 41, has avoided prison after admitting to fraudulently obtaining more than £16,500 in Universal Credit by…
A benefits fraudster has admitted to cheating the system out of £100,000 over an eight-year period.Nicole Jewers, a 43-year-old mum from Newcastle, lied for eight years by saying she wasn't living with her partner while…
Britons claiming Universal Credit are being reminded they could face being slapped with hundreds of pounds in fines if they attempt to defraud the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).Earlier this past week, a 64-year-old…
A benefits fraudster has admitted to pocketing over £7,000 in council tax support while going on exotic family holidays to Greece and Spain.Brygida Kuczkowska, 50, claimed to be the sole adult occupant of her home on…
A former National Health Service worker has been spared jail after dishonestly claiming more than £22,000 in housing payments.Denise Ludbrook, from Tenby in Wales, failed to disclose she had interest in any property in the UK…
An "appalling" benefits fraudster has been spared jail - despite lying about her mother's death in order to pocket £35,000 in tax cash.Francine Best, also known as Francine Smithen, claimed social care funds…
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is reassessing its withdrawal of child benefit from about 23,500 claimants after an anti-fraud initiative wrongly identified thousands of families as having permanently left the United…
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