Benefit Fraud

Hardup_Hester

Sorry if I've posted this in the wrong place, I just need some advice.
My Ex OH is claiming benefit despite having in excess of £200k in savings, I reported him to the benefit hotline to no avail, they are not interested. Any ideas as to how this can be progressed?
I'm not doing this through bitterness, I'm just appalled that he is getting benifit when there are so many people in more need.
Hester

lil_me

DWP are the only ones to report it to as they are the ones who deal with the fraud investigation. If the money is well hidden then they may have investigated and not been able to prove anything. They wouldn't be able to tell you anything that came of an investigation or what he was/was not claiming.

dmg24

Is it possible that the benefits that he is claiming are not means tested?

big_mistake

have 4 kids( 17-25yrs) living next to me all with cars and parents also have cars (2) . they are all ( 6 of them) in everyday 24/7/365 so i guess they dont work as the curtains are all drawn until about 11.30am then theres a load of noise by the dustbins (late breakfast I guess) then they are in and out of the garden and its winter/spring and cold (yet sunbathing all last summer and bbq every other night until 2am)

so if they are all in everyday then how can they afford 6 lots of council tax on a huge 4bed detached with a massive 8-10 car drive ?

according to her they - hubby& 4 kids are all students. she has just had the phone swapped into her name and he (since xmas) hides in the house all day, wont answer the door even to the postie and only comes out after 9pm to get booze from garage. Kids in and out all day, and out for only 30mins - usually driving to pizza hut midday the subway 4ish then in all night.

suspicious or what ?

reckon theres a fiddle going on here, dont know of any college course that would give you a maximum time away from home as 30mins ? plus i thought you could only get a reduction if you were a full time student and if one adult isnt even a student - eg mother - then there is no reduction. looks like are saving a packet !

anyone got the facts on excemption on council tax?

dmg24

big_mistake wrote: »

have 4 kids( 17-25yrs) living next to me all with cars and parents also have cars (2) . they are all ( 6 of them) in everyday 24/7/365 so i guess they dont work as the curtains are all drawn until about 11.30am then theres a load of noise by the dustbins (late breakfast I guess) then they are in and out of the garden and its winter/spring and cold (yet sunbathing all last summer and bbq every other night until 2am)

so if they are all in everyday then how can they afford 6 lots of council tax on a huge 4bed detached with a massive 8-10 car drive ?

according to her they - hubby& 4 kids are all students. she has just had the phone swapped into her name and he (since xmas) hides in the house all day, wont answer the door even to the postie and only comes out after 9pm to get booze from garage. Kids in and out all day, and out for only 30mins - usually driving to pizza hut midday the subway 4ish then in all night.

suspicious or what ?

reckon theres a fiddle going on here, dont know of any college course that would give you a maximum time away from home as 30mins ? plus i thought you could only get a reduction if you were a full time student and if one adult isnt even a student - eg mother - then there is no reduction. looks like are saving a packet !

anyone got the facts on excemption on council tax?

I am all for people only receiving what is rightfully theirs, but you just sound like an interfering neighbour.

punkgirlyuk

If they are all unemployed and not students then they will likely get their CT paid. If all students then they get exemption certificates so no Council Tax. If there is a non student they are liable for CT but get a 25% reduction.

Krystaltips

What difference does it make how they pay their council tax or what time they open their curtains? You seem to spend a lot of your time watching them and logging what time they go in / out and how long they are away for, where they go... How do you find time to work with all this surveilance? How do you pay your council tax?

seven-day-weekend

Hardup_Hester wrote: »

Sorry if I've posted this in the wrong place, I just need some advice.
My Ex OH is claiming benefit despite having in excess of £200k in savings, I reported him to the benefit hotline to no avail, they are not interested. Any ideas as to how this can be progressed?
I'm not doing this through bitterness, I'm just appalled that he is getting benifit when there are so many people in more need.
Hester

Some benefits are not means-tested.

A friend of mine is married to a surgeon, they have two houses, a good amount of savings and a huge salary, but she is still legally entitled to claim Incpacity Benefit and DLA for her medical conditions.

melliec

big_mistake wrote: »

have 4 kids( 17-25yrs) living next to me all with cars and parents also have cars (2) . they are all ( 6 of them) in everyday 24/7/365 so i guess they dont work as the curtains are all drawn until about 11.30am then theres a load of noise by the dustbins (late breakfast I guess) then they are in and out of the garden and its winter/spring and cold (yet sunbathing all last summer and bbq every other night until 2am)

so if they are all in everyday then how can they afford 6 lots of council tax on a huge 4bed detached with a massive 8-10 car drive ?

according to her they - hubby& 4 kids are all students. she has just had the phone swapped into her name and he (since xmas) hides in the house all day, wont answer the door even to the postie and only comes out after 9pm to get booze from garage. Kids in and out all day, and out for only 30mins - usually driving to pizza hut midday the subway 4ish then in all night.

suspicious or what ?

reckon theres a fiddle going on here, dont know of any college course that would give you a maximum time away from home as 30mins ? plus i thought you could only get a reduction if you were a full time student and if one adult isnt even a student - eg mother - then there is no reduction. looks like are saving a packet !

anyone got the facts on excemption on council tax?

I am a student with the open university...they even pay your fees if you are on benefits or a low wage...so maybe they are all students?... using their own garden and putting rubbish in the bin sounds shocking stuff tho...maybe you should video all this for "evidence":rotfl:

terryw

big_mistake wrote: »

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so if they are all in everyday then how can they afford 6 lots of council tax on a huge 4bed detached with a massive 8-10 car drive ? <snip>

anyone got the facts on excemption on council tax?

I think you are confusing council tax with old poll tax. Council tax is payable on property, poll tax was charged on the individual. Only one lot of council tax has to be paid, not six.
terryw

Oldernotwiser

melliec wrote: »

I am a student with the open university...they even pay your fees if you are on benefits or a low wage...so maybe they are all students?...

You can't be classed as a full time student if studying with the OU so there'd be no CT exemption.