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Benefits fraud

Types of benefits fraud

1. A person claims benefit stating that they live alone, yet they actually have a partner living with them.
2. A person, or their partner, have not declared that either of them are working, part-time or full-time.
3. A person, or their partner, fail to disclose that they or their partner own another property or land, or that they own capital (e.g. Bank Accounts, Building Society Accounts, Post Office Accounts, Stocks, Shares, Unit Trusts, National Savings Certificates, Income Bonds, Premium Bonds).
4. A person, or their partner fail to disclose that they have other income such as a private pension, other state benefits, maintenance, etc.
5. A person fails to disclose that they are no longer living at the house for which they have been claiming Housing or Council Tax Benefit.
6. A person fails to disclose that someone else is living in the house, e.g. a lodger.
7. A person claims benefit to pay rent, but the tenancy or rent details are false.
8. A person lives with the owner of that property and they are closely related.
9. A person claims benefits at a property that they have never lived in.

This list is not exhaustive.

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