Benefit Fraud

[Niigata Jack]

How thw fuk did they manage to get away with it for so long

Couple were defrauding DWP for months until they got caught out on holiday

Alan Forsythe, 37, and wife Jemma, 36, were living with their two children when they claimed they were each living alone

www.walesonline.co.uk

 

[Darran]

They had a couple in The Ferry a few years ago for fraud.
When they were in court they claimed they weren’t living as man and wife because he couldn’t get an erection because of his diabetes.
She was sent to jail.

 

[Ichabod Crane]

They had a couple in The Ferry a few years ago for fraud.
When they were in court they claimed they weren’t living as man and wife because he couldn’t get an erection because of his diabetes.
She was sent to jail.

That's a bit stiff

 

[jack123]

I would guess, if they weren’t that silly to post their snaps on social media, they would have got away with it.

 

[Niigata Jack]

I would guess, if they weren’t that silly to post their snaps on social media, they would have got away with it.

I'm amazed that they got away with it for so long, but you're right.

 

[BlackaPearl10]

Covid created a huge backlog in Benefits reviews, applications and personal circumstances. The quick fix was just to pay it. Now the chickens are finally coming home to roost....

 

[Neath_Jack]

Living as a couple whilst claiming to be single has to be up there as one of the most common benefit frauds.

 

[Ichabod Crane]

There are hundreds, if not more, couples doing exactly the same in Swansea, let alone elsewhere; this is the tip of the iceberg, unfortunately.

 

[jack123]

There are hundreds, if not more, couples doing exactly the same in Swansea, let alone elsewhere; this is the tip of the iceberg, unfortunately.

True, and some of the ones doing it, make exactly the same mistake as the couple that caught. It’s a well known fact DWP check social media, and these people will post freely on Facebook, pictures of themselves and partner and not even bothering changing their privacy settings to friends only.

 

[Jack2jack]

I would guess, if they weren’t that silly to post their snaps on social media, they would have got away with it.

See social media has its uses.

 

[Ichabod Crane]

True, and some of the ones doing it, make exactly the same mistake as the couple that caught. It’s a well known fact DWP check social media, and these people will post freely on Facebook, pictures of themselves and partner and not even bothering changing their privacy settings to friends only.

Absolutely, Facebook makes the police and Crown Prosecution Services job a lot easier, which is a good thing. A lot of humans are as thick as paint in fairness.

 

[Cooperman]

Just another part of broken Britain and a system that allows this type of thing to happen all too easily.

 

[Pentyrchjack]

Another frequent fraud is a partner who owns a property renting it to their other partner via DHSS, but claiming its a landlord / tenant scenario.