An Old Trafford man has been sentenced to more than 200 hours community service after pleading guilty to fraudulently claiming more than £7,000 in benefits.
42 year old Mahad Hasan Ciid of Pickford Court, Old Trafford was convicted on 17 June 2011 of dishonestly obtaining Job Seekers Allowance, Housing and Council Tax Benefit amounting to £7,270.
Mr Ciid pleaded guilty to failing to notify the Department for Work and Pensions and Trafford Council's Benefits department that he had begun working as a self employed taxi driver. As a result he was overpaid Job Seekers Allowance, Housing and Council Tax Benefit between September 2007 and December 2009. He was sentenced at Trafford Magistrates to carry out 240 Hours of unpaid work within the community and to pay costs of £500. In addition to this Mr Ciid is required to repay all monies that he falsely claimed from The Department for Work and Pensions and Trafford Council.
Council Counter Fraud Officers were alerted to this matter following a Data Matching exercise that highlighted the fact that Mr Ciid held a taxi driving licence with Stockport Council but had never declared the fact that he was working to either organisation.
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