terrified plz help never had any problems

weebundle

am i? been accused of fraud from them along with housing i got a letter asking me to go for interview? they are now coming to my home to ask me things on 22nd i dont know what to do- long story could some one give any advice if i post up how come
me n dh married sept 2010 lived at relatives put claim in for HB and we started our claim for IS that got granted put DH down as not working didnt found out till recent he was workin few hrs at his FILs place my DH is a very private person even from me
moved to our own place & i put in claim for HB then but DH was only at home 4 nights a week and at what i thought was his mothers at time so i put no doesnt live with me an put his mothers address as HB form said bout full time and at the time he wasnt - he started been at home longer and only going there weekends he has a kid so thought he was seeing child too! anyway IS got stopped I found out he was doing part time so told them and also told them i didnt have a clue! any way HB got stopped and now they are trying to say i was falsely claiming but he was at home 5 days out a week and I have recently found out the address i thought was his mothers in the house he was claiming HB for and for which we split up for a month n got bk together n now we move live in that house they are coming to interview me i am terrifield am disabled mum of two never been in trouble what do i do? please dont judge me me and dh are back together and living in his house now that he rents

BrandNewYear

who is it who has accused you of fraud? Have you already had one interview?

rogerblack

It sounds like you have been 'living together as husband and wife', from the time you moved in together.
While staying 4 nights a week might if nothing else was happening, sharing a public relationship - especially getting married, with someone and staying 4 nights a week, pretty much means you are living together.
The difference between 4 and 5 nights is not important.

Where he was during the other 3/2 nights a week isn't really important to your claim, unless you specifically wrote that he was at home 4 nights a week.
If this is the case, it may be 'official error' that he was not counted as living with you.

The second problem is you should have at least been reporting how many hours he was working to IS, and if it's over 24 hours a week - you may not be entitled at all.
Proving you didn't know will be hard.

You should probably contact someone - CAB, ..., to see if you can get someone to help you with this in person.
Dig out and take all letters from IS and the housing benefit, and any other benefit claims you have.

It's very important to do this, because if you had told them the full facts, you would be entitled to some benefit, and this may reduce the amount you need to pay back.
This is a complex case, and not suited to being dealt with online, as it goes across a number of benefits.

princessdon

so you claimed single when married

You claimed he lived at his parents

He claimed HB for another house that only lived in a few nights (not his parents address you put down)

He was working for his FIL (YOUR dad) and you didn't know

I think you need to get legal advice personally.

midnight_express

I've heard Holloway is very nice at this time of the year and they run literacy classes.

BrandNewYear

OP, are you being or have you been Interviewed Under Caution?

mynameistallulah

weebundle wrote: »

am i? been accused of fraud from them along with housing i got a letter asking me to go for interview? they are now coming to my home to ask me things on 22nd i dont know what to do- long story could some one give any advice if i post up how come
me n dh married sept 2010 lived at relatives put claim in for HB and we started our claim for IS that got granted put DH down as not working didnt found out till recent he was workin few hrs at his FILs place my DH is a very private person even from me
moved to our own place & i put in claim for HB then but DH was only at home 4 nights a week and at what i thought was his mothers at time so i put no doesnt live with me an put his mothers address as HB form said bout full time and at the time he wasnt - he started been at home longer and only going there weekends he has a kid so thought he was seeing child too! anyway IS got stopped I found out he was doing part time so told them and also told them i didnt have a clue! any way HB got stopped and now they are trying to say i was falsely claiming but he was at home 5 days out a week and I have recently found out the address i thought was his mothers in the house he was claiming HB for and for which we split up for a month n got bk together n now we move live in that house they are coming to interview me i am terrifield am disabled mum of two never been in trouble what do i do? please dont judge me me and dh are back together and living in his house now that he rents

I've seen many excuses for benefit fraud, but this is the first time I've seen them all in one post!

thorsoak

Just because you are disabled does not mean that you are entitled to cheat the system. I've heard some excuses - but sorry - yours aren't going to win any gold medals

Spamfree_2

Am I reading it right? The OP didn't know her husband was going out to work because he's a very private person?

Notmyrealname

weebundle wrote: »

me n dh married sept 2010 lived at relatives put claim in for HB and we started our claim for IS that got granted put DH down as not working didnt found out till recent he was workin few hrs at his FILs place my DH is a very private person even from me

So not declared he was working - FRAUDULENT CLAIM, both housing benefit and Income Support

moved to our own place & i put in claim for HB then but DH was only at home 4 nights a week and at what i thought was his mothers at time so i put no doesnt live with me an put his mothers address as HB form said bout full time and at the time he wasnt

So claimed as a single person when you weren't - FRAUDULENT CLAIM, both housing benefit and Income Support.

i am terrifield am disabled mum of two never been in trouble what do i do?

You are a benefits fraudster. Plain and simple. You have fraudulently claimed benefits you were not entitled to. I would expect DWP to be quite interested as well especially with the IS claim and your OH working and you claiming as a single person whilst living together....

If I were you I would start figuring out how to pay back £10,000's you will be forced to repay.

missapril75

princessdon wrote: »

so you claimed single when married

You claimed he lived at his parents

He claimed HB for another house that only lived in a few nights (not his parents address you put down)

He was working for his FIL (YOUR dad) and you didn't know

Plus

weebundle wrote: »

me n dh married sept 2010 lived at relatives put claim in for HB and we started our claim for IS that got granted ....(then) moved to our own place

which rather sounds like an HB claim while living with relatives. Perhaps they may be in trouble as well if falsifying a tenancy agreement for a dodgy claim.