Disability benefit cheat faces £189k bill or three years in jail after being caught dancing
Disability benefits cheat Maribel Milligan, a 54-year-old, has been commanded to pay nearly £190,000 after being caught dancing to Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’. She must be able to hand this amount over or she would face another alternative to spend extra time in jail. Milligan, from County Durham, declared that she was severely disabled, unable to... Read More
Somalian Phil Collins Fleeced British Taxpayers Nearly £40k Benefits
A refugee who fleeced British taxpayers nearly £40k benefits is found to be a singing sensation in Africa. Mohammed Qoomal, also known as Somalian Phil Collins, performed at sold-out concerts around the world while falsely claiming benefits in the UK. Qoomal was said to have performed in Wembley in 2006 and 2012. Fans of the... Read More
A businessman was jailed earlier this year after falsely registering 26 babies to claim over £34,000 in benefits fraudulently
A businessman was jailed earlier this year after falsely registering 26 babies to claim over £34,000 in benefits fraudulently. Rory McWhirter formerly lived in Dundee with his girlfriend before this sophisticated fraud scam began, while she was previously considered to be included in this fraud, all charges against her have now been dropped. McWhirter, of... Read More
Reality TV star jailed for £25,000 benefit fraud
Reality Star, Chelsey Harwood, has been charged with benefit fraud to the amount of £25,156 after falsely claiming employment support and housing benefits over a three-year period. Harwood found fame in the 2014 reality TV show This is Liverpool and went on to become a glamour model. She is also a prominent figure in the... Read More
Jail time waved for grieving grandmother after fraudulent £17,000 benefits claim discovered
Sharon Love, from Stockton-on-Tees was charged with over £17,000 worth of benefits fraud, after failing to inform her local council and the Department for Work and Pensions, that her partner was effectively living with her. The Thornaby grandmother was spared an immediate jail sentence, however, after it was discovered she was grieving from the devastating... Read More
Staffordshire Mum-of-four charged with over £81,000 of benefit fraud
A Staffordshire mum-of-four, who had been receiving a disability living allowance, has been charged with benefit fraud after holiday pictures revealed that she had been snorkelling whilst on holiday with her Husband. 58 year-old, Linda Hoey, had claimed around £81,000 in disability benefits, suggesting that her degenerative arthritis and severe back problems left her with... Read More
This is Liverpool star Chelsey Harwood falsley claimed £25,000 in benefits
Chelsey Harwood, star of the short-lived scripted reality show This is Liverpool, was jailed last week after she falsely claimed £25,000 in employment benefits whilst she was reported to have bragged about earning £120,000. In April 2017, the 29-year-old was given a four-month suspended sentence for claiming the large sum of taxpayers’ money but was... Read More
Lottery winner cheats taxpayers out of almost £80k
Lottery winners don’t usually require the services of benefit fraud solicitors, but that’s exactly what happened when a lottery winner who managed to win the jackpot of almost £2 million pleaded guilty to cheating taxpayers out of almost £80,000. Patrick Ronan failed to declare his win, meaning he received just shy of £80,000 in pension... Read More
Former model must repay £50,000 following benefit fraud trial
A renowned glamour model has been asked to repay at least fifty thousand pounds, following the revelations that she continued to claim thousands in benefits despite starring in a Playboy film. Julia Martinez, who is 45, is believed to have claimed over forty-four thousand pounds in benefits across three years. During the claim period, it’s... Read More
Disability benefits claimant caught on film dancing on a luxury cruise
A London woman who claimed disability benefits of over £150,000 by saying that she was unable to walk and needed an oxygen tank has been jailed after been caught on film dancing while on a cruise. False ill health claims The woman, Mrs White, had previously been filmed on CCTV struggling to walk with a... Read More