What an absoloute joke!Benefit cheat,laxx town hall

Scarlett1

raq wrote:

Joke then at the end of the day. Why are the Inland Revenue spending thousands of pounds advertising everywhere you go lately. Making sure these people are caught because it just isn't fair. You add up 10 years of benefit fraud claiming for single person when they have had their other half living with them all this time...

and lets not forget the fraudsters claiming sickness benefit aswell to balance the scales....

raq

Scarlett1 wrote:

and lets not forget the fraudsters claiming sickness benefit aswell to balance the scales....

Yeap that's correct, those aswell.

Actually there was 3 of them on the main news one night last week. Builder, and a guy who run the marathon. Now come on. claimed something like £22,000 in one year. Think this guy got 10 months, not too sure. That's not even my husbands salary.

robby-01

Tran wrote:

So what is there to prevent malicious repeat allegations? (i am not suggesting there is in OP's case).

I myself have been reported now on 4 occasions. I KNOW who is reporting me and i know from the very specific details given that it is the same person reporting me each time. I know who is reporting me because part of the allegation includes information that only myself, my partner and one other person has access to (and it isn't information that could be guessed). However this information does not contradict my right to benefits but the complete *&^% that keeps reporting me thinks it does and therefore always adds it to the allegation although the main part fo the allegation is slightly different each time.

Each time I have had the upsetting letter about a "compliance officer coming round" or a fully-fledged "fraud officer". Each time I have been able to prove beyond a doubt that the imformation is completely and wholly incorrect but as the info is slightly different each time, they keep investigating me. At each visit I have stated who i believe has reported me and gave reasons as to why they are behaving maliciously. However the reports are always made to the national helpline and made anonymously.

Is there nothing I can do to stop this? I know i have done nothing wrong and i know i have nothing to hide but it *is* upsetting being accused of things despite being cleared once the visits take place.

I have not done anything wrong and nothing ever comes of these investigations. I live in fear of these visits because they do worry me because just being accused of fraud is upsetting.

I look forward to the day the anonymous reporter drops down dead - hopefully after a long and painful death![/QUO

If your doing nothing wrong you have nothing to hide.
If someone accused me of cheating benefit(they wont and I dont)
I would welcome the inspectors with open arms.
Anyone fiddling any benefit should lose there entitlement to everything and be left to rot.I include health care in that.
BENEFIT CHEATS ARE PARASITIC SCUM.ALL OF THEM.

seven-day-weekend

raq wrote:

Yeap that's correct, those aswell.

Actually there was 3 of them on the main news one night last week. Builder, and a guy who run the marathon. Now come on. claimed something like £22,000 in one year. Think this guy got 10 months, not too sure. That's not even my husbands salary.

Erm....you don't get £22000 a year in Incapacity Benefit. It's about £4000 at the highest. Many people get less than that.

Scarlett1

raq wrote:

Yeap that's correct, those aswell.

Actually there was 3 of them on the main news one night last week. Builder, and a guy who run the marathon. Now come on. claimed something like £22,000 in one year. Think this guy got 10 months, not too sure. That's not even my husbands salary.

I saw that on the news about the marathon man, I wondered what punishment he got, I cant believe that some people can be that obvious in what they are doing

Labman_2

Think the 22k was claimed over 6 years

kelloggs36

He got sent down - now let that be a warning to those who ARE defrauding the system - the chances are that you MAY get caught and only have themselves to blame. They may get away with it for a while but it is a big risk.

lewt

not really, it says on the advert MAY be interveiwed under caution. MAY get a criminalrecord. People who are doing this could just go "no comment" and that would be that would'nt it?

I dont like how easy it is to play the system but gave up worrying about it ages ago. i find it funny(not funny but ya know) that polish people can claim jobseekers! what can i do? nothing except make sure i vote right in may.

OP i'd take the police's advice and send the boys round your ex's. i'll do it for half

kelloggs36

lewt wrote:

not really, it says on the advert MAY be interveiwed under caution. MAY get a criminalrecord. People who are doing this could just go "no comment" and that would be that would'nt it?

I dont like how easy it is to play the system but gave up worrying about it ages ago. i find it funny(not funny but ya know) that polish people can claim jobseekers! what can i do? nothing except make sure i vote right in may.

OP i'd take the police's advice and send the boys round your ex's. i'll do it for half

A 'no comment' is more detrimental than you think - it depends on the evidence and if there is enough evidence then there is enough to be prosecuted so that won't make much difference if interviewed under caution. The point it, there is a chance that they may get caught and they weigh up the risks against the chance of being caught. If they do get caught, then tough! Of course not everybody will get the book thrown at them. In many cases an informal interview will be enough to stop them, plus many will cough at this point and pay back a small overpayment. THose who get prosecuted are those where there is a lot of evidence and a large enough overpayment to make it cost effective.

seven-day-weekend

Labman wrote:

Think the 22k was claimed over 6 years

That makes more sense!