A Romanian woman who provided compatriots with fake documents to obtain National Insurance numbers and make illegal claims for state benefits totalling nearly £3 millions has been jailed for 27 months. A number of other Romanians were also given jail terms for their part in the scam.
Fraud of this size makes you wonder about the competence of those people responsible for checking benefit claims. Can’t their computers spot fraudulent National Insurance numbers?
The Director of the TaxPayers’ Alliance is quoted as saying: ‘We need a reformed benefit system less vulnerable to this kind of abuse and the authorities need to explain how it could happen and how they will stop it happening. ... Finally, there need to be stiff punishments when criminals rip off taxpayers.’
He got that right!
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Fraud of this size makes you wonder about the competence of those people responsible for checking benefit claims. Can’t their computers spot fraudulent National Insurance numbers?
The Director of the TaxPayers’ Alliance is quoted as saying: ‘We need a reformed benefit system less vulnerable to this kind of abuse and the authorities need to explain how it could happen and how they will stop it happening. ... Finally, there need to be stiff punishments when criminals rip off taxpayers.’
He got that right!
.
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