Man claims benefits for 36 children

[DimPrawn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/7401317.stm

A father-of-two who fraudulently claimed almost £80,000 in benefits for 36 children has been jailed.

Irvin Fraser, 30, claimed child tax credits over three years from two addresses in Aberdeen.

Fraser induced HM Revenue to make payments totalling £79,718. He was jailed for 13 months at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.


Three years to get picked up. I wonder how many he could have got away with? Maybe 10,000 children?

[ChimpMaster]

Isn't this why we pay so much tax in this country?

[Moscow Mule]

It's probably the same lag who hijacked my NI number a couple of years ago.

[EternalOptimist]

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Fraser induced HM Revenue to make payments totalling £79,718. He was jailed for 13 months at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
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Apparently it was 9k for benefits and 70k for wear and tear on his knob

[Andy2]

They should have a check in the tax credit database
if number of children > 6
raise alarm

[oracleslave]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/7401317.stm



Fraser induced HM Revenue to make payments totalling £79,718. He was jailed for 13 months at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
QUOTE]

Apparently it was 9k for benefits and 70k for wear and tear on his knob

I think he might experience a new kind of wear and tear over the next 13 months

[SueEllen]

It's probably the same lag who hijacked my NI number a couple of years ago.

Nah. They can give the same NI number out to 2 people.

[oracleslave]

Nah. They can give the same NI number out to 2 people.

That happened to my missus

[EternalOptimist]

I think he might experience a new kind of wear and tear over the next 13 months

lol
should actually be sol - snorted out loud

(you got anything for getting snot off the screen)

[oracleslave]

(you got anything for getting snot off the screen)

I tend to just use a finger and then flick it at the nearest person with their back to me.