[arista]

[BBC Watchdog star who hunts down rogue traders is wanted over '£24,000 benefits fraud'
Dan Penteado has been charged with benefit and council tax fraud
Rogue Traders star allegedly
pocketed payouts while working for the BBC
Warrant issued for his arrest
after he failed to turn up for court hearing]


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1xm02utYN


Matt on the right is doing the Live Ch5 Wright Stuff show
tomorrow - I wonder if he asks for this Important story to not
be talked about?

[Omah]

Bang 'im up!

Then send 'im back to Portugal .....

[arista]

Originally Posted by Omah

Bang 'im up!

Then send 'im back to Portugal .....

Yes they should
or will the BBC cover the costs?

[arista]

Front Page today
so the BBC will avoid showing the Mirror Front Page

[Mrluvaluva]

It's people like him who make things harder for others!

[HoneyPot]

Someone at the daily wail needs to go back to school to brush up on their spelling............

Hoewever, he denies and wrongdoing and says they whole thing is a 'misunderstanding'

[arista]

Originally Posted by HoneyPot

Someone at the daily wail needs to go back to school to brush up on their spelling............

Hoewever, he denies and wrongdoing and says they whole thing is a 'misunderstanding'

Of Course he will
Does that make him not guilty?

[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-18592468

A presenter on the BBC consumer affairs programme Rogue Traders has admitted illegally claiming housing and council tax benefits totalling £24,000.

Dan Penteado, 40, from Westbourne, Bournemouth, admitted eight offences of dishonestly or knowingly claiming housing and council tax benefits.

Bournemouth Magistrates' Court heard he failed to declare his BBC earnings.

Penteado has been the motorbike-riding on-screen sidekick of Rogue Traders star Matt Allwright since 2001.

He was warned he could face jail and was granted bail while a pre-sentence report is prepared. The case was adjourned until 17 July.

The prosecution said the offences went back to 2007 when Penteado filled out his first claim form and failed to declare he had another bank account.

The court heard he repeated the fraud in subsequent years up to 2011.

In that time Penteado failed to tell Bournemouth Borough Council he had been paid more than £56,000 for his work on Rogue Traders from 2008 to 2011.

Kerry O'Neill, prosecuting, said: "He received £24,077.60 in housing and council tax benefit he was not entitled to.

"He failed to notify the borough council of the money coming in."

The court heard the council, which brought the prosecution, would be seeking to recover all the cash and Penteado had already paid back £210.

No mitigation was put forward by Penteado at the hearing.

The Portuguese-born presenter left court without comment.

"He received £24,077.60 in housing and council tax benefit.

Penteado has paid back £210."

He'll have to try harder .....

[arista]

He has now been Jailed for 12 weeks
for benefit fraud.

SkyNewsHD Live


http://news.sky.com/story/961239/rog...iled-for-fraud

[Omah]

Banged Up In Britain !

[Kizzy]

What a greedy twonk... sign him up for CBB haha

[lostalex]

I wish Britain would colonize California so i could get some damn benefits.

[arista]

Dan Penteado's house in Bournemouth, Dorset. He said last month the matter was a 'misunderstanding'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz20v9fTyWB