[Nedusa]

Whilst I agree this was a clear case of fraud and this man should expect some jail time, I have to wonder at the ease at which he was able to commit this fraud.

It does seem a little too easy to continue to claim and receive this benefit. Surely there should be tighter controls like cross referencing death certificates with claimants names or something similar.

Given all the resources the Govt has you would think this type of fraud would be easy to detect.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

Whilst I agree this was a clear case of fraud and this man should expect some jail time, I have to wonder at the ease at which he was able to commit this fraud.

It does seem a little too easy to continue to claim and receive this benefit. Surely there should be tighter controls like cross referencing death certificates with claimants names or something similar.

Given all the resources the Govt has you would think this type of fraud would be easy to detect.

The system is clearly far too easy to scam. After the birth of my second daughter, we somehow ended up being paid double child benefit for her due to a mix up. We couldn't remember whether it was me or my partner who was the recipient for our first child, so we just took a guess and applied under my name. Payments started soon after... But then we noticed that, separately, the payment amount for my first daughter had gone up too. Basically, our first daughter was under my partner's name, and the child benefit for our second was automatically added to that. But was also being paid to me at the same time.

We called them up and sorted it out straight away (anyone who would risk a criminal record for £14 a week can only be a complete idiot?) ... But, I suspect it's likely they would never have flagged it up if we hadn't said anything.