A question re benefits

LizzieS_2

revels wrote: »

in my opimion the csa are criminals. my husbands ex (whom he has 2 children with) has never informed them that the son who is 19 next month has only ever been in fulltime education for a period of 6 months from the age of 16 but has in that time had 3 fulltime jobs. and in that time she has claimed working and child tax credits and still recieved csa for him. the 3rd fulltime job he is still in and has been for the past15 months. my husband rang the csa on many occations and they said they would send a letter out to her which they did and she ignored. few calls later from my husband and another letter sent out which was ignored again they checked and confirmed she was infact still claiming benifits for him. which is fraud full stop. that was 10 months ago now and guess wot.. we are still paying csa for him. so the csa condone fraud as they havnt done a thing about it and know he is working full time as they checked his ni. so wot hope have we all got.

Have you reported the fraud to tax credits and child benefit - the csa won't do it for you.

shell_542

In that case Revels, it's the PWC who is the criminal. The CSA are only going on the information the PWC is providing them and she is lying. Yes, she is committing benefit fraud.

You should report her to the fraud investigation department. If they discover she has been fraudulently claiming tax credits and child benefit those benefits should stop and then you should be able to appeal and sort out the overpayment of child support that has been paid.

But it'll be a fight and will take some time. Another poster on here has said they reported the PWC to the fraud department and they did nothing about it. It's disgusting.

I hope you get something sorted out.

shell_542

https://secure.dwp.gov.uk/benefitfraud/

kelloggs36

revels wrote: »

in my opimion the csa are criminals. my husbands ex (whom he has 2 children with) has never informed them that the son who is 19 next month has only ever been in fulltime education for a period of 6 months from the age of 16 but has in that time had 3 fulltime jobs. and in that time she has claimed working and child tax credits and still recieved csa for him. the 3rd fulltime job he is still in and has been for the past15 months. my husband rang the csa on many occations and they said they would send a letter out to her which they did and she ignored. few calls later from my husband and another letter sent out which was ignored again they checked and confirmed she was infact still claiming benifits for him. which is fraud full stop. that was 10 months ago now and guess wot.. we are still paying csa for him. so the csa condone fraud as they havnt done a thing about it and know he is working full time as they checked his ni. so wot hope have we all got.

The CSA don't deal with benefit fraud, or tax credit fraud. They aren't the criminal ones but the PWC! If you want it investigated you will have to make the allegations to the relvant departments and be willing to provide evidence and make statements of what she has done - if they investigate and her benefits are cut and an overpayment calculated, THEN the CSA will be in a position to refund you what you have paid.