A Downley woman who falsely claimed £6,207 in benefits she wasn't entitled to has been fined by a court.
Julie Greenacre was given a 15 day curfew order and made to pay £400 in costs to Wycombe District Council.
She failed to declare on her claim form that she had two ISA accounts and was receiving maintenance. About a year later, when she was visited by a council officer to verify her circumstances for continued receipt of benefit, she signed a statement which failed to declare her ISA accounts and the fact that her maintenance had increased.
The council is pursuing the the repayment of the overpaid benefit as a separate matter.
Speaking after Monday's hearing, Wycombe District Council’s Cabinet Member for Customer Services, Property and Procurement, Cllr Roger Colomb, said: “We are delighted at the positive outcome for the council and for the district’s residents that another benefit fraudster has been prosecuted.
Shame you can't say the same about the slap on the wrist sentence.
2 comments:
Shocking! Not much mention on here of the £13,000,000,000 per annum in Corporate Tax Avoidance or the £10,500,000,000 in Benefits that go unclaimed.
Indeed not. For they are not what this blog is about.
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