Overview

• Sumira Amin, 36, pleaded guilty to two offences of dishonestly making a false statement to obtain payment.
• She received Universal Credit from July 2019 to October 2022 after claiming to be a single parent renting, but Land Registry records showed she co-owned a Salford home bought in 2018.
• Investigators found she was named on the mortgage and held two current accounts and an ISA, and she changed her account in July 2024 after initially denying cohabitation.
• Judge Paul Lawton imposed a 12-month community order with 10 rehabilitation activity days and noted she was not the driving force behind the fraud, citing her lack of prior convictions.
• Prosecutor Amy Edwards said the overpayment totaled £56,124, which the Crown will seek to recover under the Proceeds of Crime Act.