19 Feb 2010

Benefit fraud in Basildon

A benefit cheat who claimed £7,500 had her jail sentence suspended at Basildon Crown Court.

Michelle Samuels, from Basildon, admitted producing false documents, failing to declare her partner was living with her and failing to declare earnings from her job to claim the housing benefit in less than a year.

Samuels was handed a six- month prison sentence, suspended for two years, a one-year supervision order and was told she must pay the full amount of overpaid benefit back.
  • So what? She gets to carry on with her life and just pay back what she stole when she can.

    Big deal.

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