A woman has pleaded guilty to fraudulently claiming just over £21,000 in housing and council tax benefit, report Blackburn Council.
Jane Harrison applied for housing and council tax benefit without disclosing that she was already receiving an occupational pension from the NHS. From December 2003 to February 2009 she fraudulently obtained £17,316 in housing benefit and £3,792 in council tax benefit. (Data matching? What data matching?)
She was given an eight month suspended sentence and a two year supervision order.
Councillor Colin Rigby, executive member for resources, said: “Since April 2009 we have handled 667 referrals of suspected benefit fraud and have prosecuted or imposed alternative sanctions in 117 cases. Last year we detected over £400,000 in falsely claimed benefit."
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