Some benefits cheats fail to declare substantial savings. When they're caught they repay the money, and this often brings them a trivial sentence. Not so here, and well done the Judge.
There remains the question of repayment. That should include any profits he made.
A benefits cheat who pocketed £27,990 he was not entitled to has been jailed for eight months.
At one stage, Riaz Ahmed had secret bank accounts holding more than £50,000.
He also failed to declare buying a £120,000 house, in Roseneath Avenue, Northfields, to rent out – bringing in up to £600 a month. He later sold the property for a £20,000 profit. Ahmed (64), of Ironworks Road, Belgrave, also kept quiet about taking on the lease of an industrial unit.
He pleaded guilty to three charges of making false representations and failing to notify the authorities of a change in his circumstances.
John Hallissey, prosecuting, told Leicester Crown Court that Ahmed dishonestly received £23,297 in housing benefit and £4,693 in council tax benefit between 2002 and 2007.
Ahmed originally filled in a claim form wrongly, stating he had one bank account with a balance of £129.
He failed to reveal other accounts he and his wife had, which contained several thousand pounds, or that he held the tenancy on a business unit in Spinney Hill, Leicester. Justine Robinson, defending, said Ahmed, who had no previous convictions, had repaid the council tax money and was in negotiations about refunding the housing benefit.
She said: "He would be at pains to say he has not lived the life of Riley on the taxpayer. He is a family man, married with two children."
3 comments:
This is wrong to what you people are doing. If someone did someething, there could be a reason behind it.
Also, spreading name and address's of the person behinds his / her's back is wrong.
On top writing a atricle like that, what do U people thing you will get out of it???
How would you like if your father / son / wife / daughter did this mistake and you ended up typing a stupid attricle like this... tell me how would you feel from inside. You would have a big fight with the person who is making you do this right? Plus you wouldn't even wanna feel like typing a article like this. If I was you I would clear out all these articles. Imagin how the kids, the family and everyone would be going through all this, when people start picking on them, kids getting bullied at school which leads them to a fight, this all happens when people like u start typing half fake and half made up storys like this. We should all Blame you.
Soon there will be a website with people like you added in the list, who back bite and spread shit on the Internet.
To the person who posted last: Seems like you know too much about what is happening! Are you ashamed of something someone did? Perhaps they are close to you?
As far as I can see and tell that only bad things come to those who have done bad things to others.
The jail term in my opinion is too light and maybe you should also be in jail. Perhaps you were an accomplice to the crime and got away?
As I said you know too much and are too biased!?
Ya I Know toooo much about this, dunno if U have any problem with that.
That was so stupid and childish of u saying, u should have been child too. How stupid can U be.
Lets see about the bad things U are on about.... tell me how many people in ur family have done fraud? You cannot say none cause everyone does fraud and cheat. You stupid people just think about benifit frauds. When you Cheat on your wifes, girls friends, husbands and boy friends don't you find that wrong? You lot love doing that cheating behind your partner.
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