Saturday, 13 June 2009

Reporting benefit fraud



We’re closing in…
* With over 600 calls a day to our hotline
* With over 3,000 fraud investigators
* With over 200 benefit thieves reported online every day
* By carrying out over 2,000 investigations every week
* By cross-checking the bank accounts of benefit thieves
* With hidden cameras and mobile surveillance
* With every means at our disposal

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/campaigns/benefit-thieves/

Benefit theft cost the country around £800 million in 2005-06. If you think someone is committing benefit theft, you can report them and stop them taking money from the people who need it most.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/BenefitFraud/DG_10014876