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Customer compliance interview for undeclared benefits (I think)
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were you with him in 2009. were you claiming for him if not its your boyfriend that they are after. and 3k for a laptop is a lot. he has this money and he left you to worry about the rent nice guy.0
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I was going out with him in 2009 but not living together or claiming anything with him. I was still living at home with my mum and receiving a bursary from college.0
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I'll keep that point for the relationship forum
On this thread I just want to know what the possible outcomes for this could be. I'm hoping he just has to pay everything back and not go to court.0 -
What do you think the punishment might be?0
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For the joint claim you could get both get done for fraud. You can go to prison for benefit fraud. The money will have to be repaid. Do you know how much is owed ? The larger the overpayment the more likely they are prosecute.0
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So I could get done for fraud too even though I knew nothing about it? This day just gets better and better!
Sorry I don't know how much is owed. The woman today never mentioned his stocks and shares just his ISA but now they have full access to his ISA account, I'm sure they'll find out about the stocks and shares.
He said he will pay whatever he owes off his ISA. He has just over £5000 left so hopefully that would cover it or at least a good bit of it.0 -
So I could get done for fraud too even though I knew nothing about it? This day just gets better and better!
Sorry I don't know how much is owed. The woman today never mentioned his stocks and shares just his ISA but now they have full access to his ISA account, I'm sure they'll find out about the stocks and shares.
He said he will pay whatever he owes off his ISA. He has just over £5000 left so hopefully that would cover it or at least a good bit of it.
If you both signed the claim form you are jointly responsible for the overpayment. False information was given on the form, so you have both committed fraud. Your best bet is to offer to pay ASAP.0 -
If we offer to pay ASAP is that a good chance that the case wont be taken any further?What if he gets charged for the times when he had more money in his savings and I wasn't with him at that point? Would it still just be added up into the one bill that we both must pay?0
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You are only liable for the overpayment on the joint claim. He would be solely liable for his single claim.0
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Should we wait until we get a letter sent out before we suggest repaying or should we ask to speak to a fraud advisor?
Also when it comes to repaying, do you repay exactly what you were paid or just what you were overpayed?
And say £5,000 doesn't cover everything, would they give you the option to pay it up every week or month?0
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