Benefit Fraud Convictions up 40% in 2 years

[Dedworth]

Some very good news

Are we finally winning the battle against benefit cheats? Convictions soar 40% in two years after investigators are given access to Sky TV bills

• 9,861 convictions for fraud in 2011-12, up from 7,000 two years earlier
• The bill for benefit fraud topped £215million last year
• Minister Lord Freud says cheats must 'pay back their ill-gotten gains'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz29USZCiuo

The minimum sentence for these cheating leeches should be 2 years - that would immediately act as a deterrent and slash the number of fraudulent claims

[stevewool]

so once they find these people what happens, do they reduce what they pay them and then fine them also but they pay back a £5 a month

[bigmarco]

Some very good news

Are we finally winning the battle against benefit cheats? Convictions soar 40% in two years after investigators are given access to Sky TV bills

• 9,861 convictions for fraud in 2011-12, up from 7,000 two years earlier
• The bill for benefit fraud topped £215million last year
• Minister Lord Freud says cheats must 'pay back their ill-gotten gains'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz29USZCiuo

The minimum sentence for these cheating leeches should be 2 years - that would immediately act as a deterrent and slash the number of fraudulent claims

Nice to see the cheats are being caught.
I see the bill for benefit fraud topped £215 million last year.
Perhaps we need a bit of perspective here. Thats less than what Starbucks or even Google have screwed the taxman for. But they walk away scot free.