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Man Given Suspended Sentence After Motorbike Footage Challenged PIP Claim

The DWP says it will seek to recover about £8,800 it regards as overpaid using civil debt routes and criminal powers.

Derby Woman Sentenced After Admitting £14,000 PIP Fraud While Living in Greece

Mother Given Suspended Sentence for £120,000 Benefits Fraud Using Forged Tenancy Papers

Feds Arrest 15 in Massachusetts Over Alleged $1.4 Million Benefits Fraud

Stockton Man Jailed for Faking Landlord to Claim Dead Mother’s Housing Benefit

Essex Couple Sentenced After £628,000 Benefit and Tax Fraud to Build Property Empire

Reform MP Deletes Video Featuring Convicted Benefits Fraudster

Woman Sentenced After £51,224 Benefits Fraud

Shropshire Woman Jailed for Seven Months Over £25k PIP Fraud

DWP Launches Test Phase for New Bank-Data Checks and Debt Recovery Powers

West Sussex PIP Fraudster Given Suspended Jail Term, Ordered to Repay £23,622

Think Tank Says 'Sickfluencers' and AI Are Skewing UK Disability Claims

TikTok Influencer Who Claimed UK Benefits Sentenced to 26 Months for Drug Offences

Mattapan Store Owner Pleads Guilty in $6.7 Million SNAP Trafficking Scheme

SNP Candidate Sally Donald Quits After Reported Probe Into Disability Benefit

DWP Powers to Check Claimants’ Bank Accounts Enter Final Consultation Stage

Woman Jailed for £70,000 Benefits Fraud Using Fake Terminal-Cancer Claims

DWP Reviews Universal Credit for Convicted £54m Benefits Fraud Participant

£54m Universal Credit Fraud Gang Ordered to Repay Just £2m

Anti-Fraud Law Clears Royal Assent, Expanding DWP Bank-Data Powers