I posted about this friend a few weeks ago. She's now having problems they didn't expect.
she was taken to court for benefit fraud and found not guilty to four counts (claiming benefit notentitled to, claiming fraudulently times two for IS and HB) the court said there was no evidence that anything had changed that needed to be informed of. They were really positive and said that she and her family had been honest and credible.
Income support are now saying that the court was wrong and she still needs to pay over payment. HB and CTB refuse to discuss it because they're going off IS. She's been told they've already tried to stop it out her wages but she doesn't work so they can't. She's spoken to fraud, they say speak to income recovery, they say speak to IS, they say speak to income recovery. It's pretty much £30k between the three and she's being told that's she still liable despite the court saying she's innocent. She's in bit of a mess and doesn't know what to do next. Even her mum tried to argue it - I wouldn't argue with her mum.
CTB have a court order to break her door down, not that it will do anything. In case y you're wondering she wasn't tried over that as well, don't know why, but it's obviously tied in as if she wasn't eligible for the others she wasn't for that either. On top of the so called overpayment they have refused to take her money for the last two years bills because they'd only take the £X,000 for the whole lot. She's living off family, friends and a lodger as she's too ill to work and too scared to claim.
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confuddledDOTcom · 06/05/2015 13:10
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