All news on the topic: Benefit Fraud

A postgrad biomedical student already jailed for stalking a judge will spend a further three years in prison for housing benefit fraud, after ripping off dozens of councils.

Benefit claimants were overpaid almost £10bn last year amid a rise in fraud by welfare cheats.

Emerging from an anteroom wearing a British-style red army jacket, a blue sash, and a crown of cowrie shells, the slightly-built king shuffled stiffly into his office, his eyes bloodshot and a scar running across his jaw.

Allegations of benefit fraud have landed two Watford residents in the dock.Bernard and Deborah Greville, both of Romilly Drive, appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (December 2) for an initial hearing.