The leader of Broxtowe Borough Council has been charged with benefit fraud of more than £45,000.
Milan Radulovic is accused of failing to declare council allowances on an incapacity benefit claim form.
The Labour councillor is due to appear in court on 16 March.
Mr Radulovic was council leader from 1995 until 2007 - the same year he received an MBE - and resumed the position last year.
In 2005, he won a six-figure payout from the Queen's Medical Centre for suffering serious health problems after an operation.
The politician was left almost blind in one eye from keyhole surgery complications to remove a gallstone.
Medical staff went ahead with the procedure despite Mr Radulovic requesting open surgery.
1 comments:
Looks like the figures are wrong. Councillors can offset a wide range of legitimate expenses and either these are very low or the decision maker is unfamiliar with these complex rules.
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