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Five Bulgarian nationals plead guilty to falsely claiming Universal Credit over five years and storing wads of cash in ‘fraud factories’.

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Urmstongran Wed 10-Apr-24 10:13:07

Shocking news isn’t it? Universal Credit stolen to the tune of £54 million. Almost as shocking is how on earth they managed to dupe the DWP as I often read here on GN threads how difficult it can be to obtain these benefits.

Yes this was a highly organised crime but are we just too soft? Do we take life ‘stories’ at face value? Where were the necessary checks and balances?

I felt sick looking at the pictures of these fraudsters this morning to be honest.

What are your thoughts?

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Germanshepherdsmum Mon 15-Apr-24 21:46:12

What??? Are you serious?

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Wyllow3 Mon 15-Apr-24 22:19:52

methinks I see a troll GSM.

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NotSpaghetti Mon 15-Apr-24 22:33:40

Given that these people apparently made good enough fake documents of all sorts I hardly think an identity card will solve things!

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Iam64 Tue 16-Apr-24 08:25:55

Wyllow3

methinks I see a troll GSM.

Of course we aren’t to risk trip tripping over bridges Wyllow 👍🏻

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