Benefit Cheat runs 3 miles daily. Fraudulently claims £70k

MissA you are quite right we are living too long!!
I was chatting to a couple, even older than me, and they made the point that many of us will be claiming our pension for many more years than intended by the powers that be in the ‘olden days’.
However it’s difficult to cheat your way into a pension, I think, so on this thread we are safe.

Of course the person who was jailed committed this fraud between 2009 and 2018 - so it goes back some way...

She was ill initally and then continued claiming.

The system is not ‘easy to cheat’. It’s often difficult to obtain benefits that an individual is entitled to.
There are criminals living amongst us. From shoplifting to organised crime. This woman deliberately set out to defraud the benefit system. It will have meant her lying on forms, maybe to her GP but it was deliberate and she knew she was committing a serious crime.
Cut services to the bone and be surprised when they’re less effective

vegansrock

Those who investigate benefit fraud have their hands tied in many ways. There maybe the type who claims to be wheelchair bound but posts pictures on FB of themselves playing golf - but investigators cannot “invade privacy” by checking claimants social media. The Bulgarian gang who used hundreds of identities got away with it for so long as staff do not have the time / expertise or resources to follow through checks - many of which they aren’t allowed to do anyway. An ex police officer friend got involved in benefit fraud investigation and told me they just weren’t allowed to investigate properly as they weren’t given police powers.

That’s interesting. Two weeks ago there was a car parked near our house for hours. It was a very hot day but a big guy sat in there for hours. By mid afternoon he was still there so I went and asked him if he was there on official business.

His car had what looked like surveillance gear in it and we had seen him on his phone for ages. He said he was there officially and if I rang 101 and gave them his Reg No they would confirm this. He said he could not tell me who he was watching but it wasn’t us!! We reckon that was a benefit or insurance investigation.