How to actually get authorities to take action on benefit frauds

[Hattieandcake]

Examples reported and nothing done -

• someone taking cash in hand for dogs - evidence sent online of cash only sales and also including social media showing lifestyle and purchase
• someone who is lying that they are single having a partner living at their government address with ring footage available that they live their permanently - also taking cash in hand jobs - evident on footage
• someone putting their SAHM wife on payroll to reduce income claimed - no work done for the business

These are only 2 of many and nothing is done, I am sick to death of it.

Oh, PIP as well, aye?

Obvs.

Yeah, you know how easy it is to be PIP 😂

I’ve investigated benefit fraud. Things are not always as you see. The cash in hand bloke might be declaring the income. What they tell you or you hear and the truth are often different. What looks to you like cohabitation may not be. It’s very common for business owners to put their spouse on the payroll. You have no idea whether she works from home doing the accounts or some admin.
Anonymous reports are often ignored

What the dickens is a "government address?"

If the cost of investigating and prosecuting is more than the cost of the fraud then it's not really worth it. I have an estranged family member who only got 18 months suspended sentence for 200k fraud.

No, I’m 56 years old. I work in the community. Again, mind your own bloody business.

Out of the millions of benefits claimants in the UK you've identified three. Well done you.

Presumably they should be made to pay the money back and possibly get a criminal record.

You have done what you feel is the right thing and reported it. I think that if you’re still so angry about it now that you maybe have burn out. I do not agree with this behaviour either but it would not make me this angry and upset. I think for your own health you should move past it and be content that you did all you could.

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She does not do the admin, I know someone else who divorced from
their husband it got nasty, who did the same and the employment lawyer brought all the receipts about how she had not actually ever done a days work in the role. This is obviously
not benefits fraud but tax fraud which is still
stealing from the public.

ring doorbell I have submitted evidence over last 2yrs

You must have a lot of time on your hands. Do you work?

And my issue is people like you who think they know absolutely everything about other peoples circumstances and choose MN to stir it up. I work bloody hard, pay my taxes and juggle that with caring for a very disabled, very proud forces veteran who by necessity and absolute right claims disability benefits. And before you say "I don't mean people in YOUR circumstances" just remember every time you chuck something like this onto the Internet, you are labelling everyone who has NO CHOICE as the same. If you know so much about these fraudulent claims and as you claim have submitted such overwhelming and long-term evidence leave it to the FIT at the DWP who will decide if there are grounds. And FYI the job I do outside my home is in that field.

My cousins next door neighbours go on several holidays a year and have their nails done every week. It's a disgrace.

Sure she does.

knakkard 🤣

I'm Knakkard reading these bullshit threads.

You say you are busy working all hours. Not busy enough IMO. You sound like the worst kind of judgemental "I know someone who..." "I heard that"....its sad.

And now they have you!

You are so busy curtain twitching at your neighbours (who you dont actually know are committing any sort of fraud) that you are not getting angry at the massive tax avoidance done by big companies and high net worth individuals, some of whom are part of the government. A former PM's spouse was doing it ffs! But no, you are more concerned that Sandra over the road is getting £100 a week off the books for dog walking and those HNW people and businesses know that you are missing the bigger problem.

Oh and being a SAHM and a company director is perfectly legal btw and and not fraud at all. They are using her tax allowance, which all of us have.

Cast your net wider if you want to get angry about tax avoidance, and by the way.....envy is not a good look on you.

I often tell my kids to 'stay in their own lane'. You feel much better about your life when you focus on that and not those around you whose struggles you know nothing about IMO.

Aha but OP knows everything.....I work in a similar field; people on the outside certain and convinced. Which they can never be unless they have someone's entire house and life on camera and know all of their circumstances.

And what has that got to do with anything?

It was in the context of a divorce, presumably as he was trying to stop her claiming half of the business.

What they did was not illegal or tax fraud. It was utilising her tax allowance in a perfectly legal way.

10 and 11 Downing Street 😅 Bet Larry the cat is on the fiddle and paid in Dreamies and salmon

This explains the Alone in your username.

The tax avoidance by wealthy people and big businesses deprive HMRC of way more £££ than benefit fraud does. It is in the interests of wealthy people and big businesses to keep you mean and suspicious and reporting your neighbours because that makes it less likely that ordinary people will ever get organised to unite and stand up to wealthy people and big businesses to make them pay their share.

As usual, First post nailed it, IMO.

I happen to know that the thieving little git hasnt paid tax EVER. I mean sure he wont get his state pension cos he has also paid no NI but I according to my sources he wont go without.....benefit britain at its worst.