SIL and benefits fraud - WWYD

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I know IABU for not minding my own business but this is really bugging me and I don't think it's fair. SIL and I get on quite well, she tells me a lot about her private life and I've always been there to listen and help as much as I can. About 2 months ago, she told me that her boyfriend has moved in with her so they can save money for a house deposit. She said she hasn't told UC because her payments would be affected as a result of how much he earns and they can't afford to not save the extra money. I told her that I'm sure she can get in trouble and get a fine if they find out and she said they're 'just seeing how things go and if it works out first'. I'm really annoyed about this because I feel like it's benefit fraud and she shouldn't be lying to them regardless of how much her payments will be affected but at the same time I also don't want her to get in trouble. What would you do?

You should report her, she’s committing benefit fraud.

But don’t worry, they’ll find out eventually.

I would only not report it if you would also not report her for stealing from a shop or any other sort of theft or fraud. I assume that should also mean that if you had a scam on your bank account and they took say £100 a week out of it that you would think it was ok and not report it as it's only fraud?

We (most of us) pay taxes so that public services run and do that people can access benefits as a safety net when they fall on hard times. The money that is taking fraudulently isn't the governments special endless money pot.