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Benefit cheat who invented 7 children in just over a year
A 25-year-old woman received over �40,000 in benefits over 18 months for seven children she completely invented. She registered for child support for 'quadruplets' and then only eight months later she asked for more benefits for another baby, and then the following week she registered yet another baby for more payments. A while later she called the tax credit line to ask for more financial support for fictional child number SEVEN. Suspicions arose after this and investigators were sent to her house to see to see what was going on. When investigators arrived they found only one child who wasn't one she was claiming for. She now faces prison. What do you think? How should fraudsters like this be punished? Should be forced to pay the money back? Or would a prison sentence be better?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I don't know how she is going to pay the money back.
What puzzles me is how on earth did she get away with claiming 40k? what in the name of bu88eration are the Tax Credit people doing by not following up claims properly?
My dad has been waiting for pension credit money for 5 months...they keep asking him for proof of this and that, and this woman manages to claim for kids without even having birth certificates, or the authorities checking birth records?
*sheesh*
What puzzles me is how on earth did she get away with claiming 40k? what in the name of bu88eration are the Tax Credit people doing by not following up claims properly?
My dad has been waiting for pension credit money for 5 months...they keep asking him for proof of this and that, and this woman manages to claim for kids without even having birth certificates, or the authorities checking birth records?
*sheesh*
This is NOT the womans fault.
It is the fault of our stupid goverment and benefits agencies who give out money hand over fist with the most minimal of checks.
This woman is the tip of the iceberg and there are MILLIONS of pounds being claimed by people who dont deserve it.
If the benefit fraud was reduced then the government could probably knock a lot off the tax we pay.
But no, they sit back and do nothing, knowing it is easier to get the tax from those in work, than to stop the benefit fraud from those who dont work (or who are illegal immigrants).
One example of a person who got nearly 2 MILLION POUNDS, including some of it from benefit fraud (as well as other criminal activites).
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles /news/news.html?in_article_id=418487&in_page_i d=1770
It is the fault of our stupid goverment and benefits agencies who give out money hand over fist with the most minimal of checks.
This woman is the tip of the iceberg and there are MILLIONS of pounds being claimed by people who dont deserve it.
If the benefit fraud was reduced then the government could probably knock a lot off the tax we pay.
But no, they sit back and do nothing, knowing it is easier to get the tax from those in work, than to stop the benefit fraud from those who dont work (or who are illegal immigrants).
One example of a person who got nearly 2 MILLION POUNDS, including some of it from benefit fraud (as well as other criminal activites).
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles /news/news.html?in_article_id=418487&in_page_i d=1770
This couple claimed for 16 children and got �125,000 pounds.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime /article1906859.ece
Is it any wonder people cheat the system when it is so easy.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime /article1906859.ece
Is it any wonder people cheat the system when it is so easy.
I certainly see where vehelpfulguy is coming from.
Yes, she is a thieving get ~ but some fault MUST lie in the governments handling of things.
So many people are paying back monies due to the tax credit offices incorrect assessments, through no fault at all of the claimants.
The CSA owes a great deal of money to parents on both sides too. It's all a complete shambles.
Yes, she is a thieving get ~ but some fault MUST lie in the governments handling of things.
So many people are paying back monies due to the tax credit offices incorrect assessments, through no fault at all of the claimants.
The CSA owes a great deal of money to parents on both sides too. It's all a complete shambles.
>I've had a baby
>can I see the birth cerificate please
It is not that easy, anyone can ask for a birth certificate.
So you could go to a cemetary to find the name of a dead child, or look in the paper for details of a child that has died.
You can then send away for a copy of the birth certificate.
This was done in the original Day of the Jackal film and it enabled the killer to get a passport.
This is now done on a huge scale for people who want to get a new identity, maybe for identity fraud, or for illegal immigrants to give them a UK identity.
>can I see the birth cerificate please
It is not that easy, anyone can ask for a birth certificate.
So you could go to a cemetary to find the name of a dead child, or look in the paper for details of a child that has died.
You can then send away for a copy of the birth certificate.
This was done in the original Day of the Jackal film and it enabled the killer to get a passport.
This is now done on a huge scale for people who want to get a new identity, maybe for identity fraud, or for illegal immigrants to give them a UK identity.
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