The Government's encouragement of benefit fraud reporting by members of the public has meant a huge surge of prosecutions across the country. TV advertisements and the provision of rewards for informing on friends and neighbours means that prosecutions are taken even where the evidence comes from people with a vested interest in seeing a conviction, whether justified or not.
Prosecutions are brought by a variety of public bodies depending on the type of benefit involved. We have defended against local government in relation to housing benefit, the DWP in relation to means tested benefits and HMRC in relation to tax credits. Often these case involve many defendants and are prosecuted as a conspiracy. See our Conspiracy Law page for more information on this type of prosecution.
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Prosecutions are brought by a variety of public bodies depending on the type of benefit involved. We have defended against local government in relation to housing benefit, the DWP in relation to means tested benefits and HMRC in relation to tax credits. Often these case involve many defendants and are prosecuted as a conspiracy. See our Conspiracy Law page for more information on this type of prosecution.