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Post by Carl LaFong on Apr 10, 2024 9:35:12 GMT
Five members of an organised gang have been convicted of what has been described by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) as the largest case of benefit fraud in England and Wales. The gang of three women and two men - all Bulgarian - made thousands of fraudulent claims for Universal Credit over a four and a half year period. They each admitted to stealing more than £50m at London's Wood Green Crown Court. All five pleaded guilty to fraud. They also admitted money laundering offences. According to the CPS, the gang - Gyunesh Ali, 33, Galina Nikolova, 38, Stoyan Stoyanov, 27, Tsvetka Todorova, 52, and Patritsia Paneva, 26 - made thousands of false claims for Universal Credit using either real people or hijacked identities. These claims were supported by an array of forged documents, including fictitious tenancy agreements, counterfeit payslips and forged letters from landlords, employers and GPs. If the claims were rejected, the fraudsters would try again and again until they were granted, the CPS said. The investigation identified three "benefit factories" in the Wood Green area of north London where repeated false claims for benefits originated. The businesses claimed to assist people with obtaining a National Insurance number and benefits to which they were entitled. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68774242We await the Mickey Mouse sentences. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Apr 10, 2024 10:13:15 GMT
South-east Europeans involved in crime?
I am shocked, I tell you, shocked.
Stupid EU for letting these bastards in.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Apr 10, 2024 11:45:49 GMT
Motherfuckers.
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Post by mowlick on Apr 10, 2024 12:35:17 GMT
To be fair, it isn't as though our own home grown villains don't have the same opportunities, but they won't get off their arses so we are forced import foreign rascals
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Apr 10, 2024 12:39:39 GMT
It really is a stupid system when you can get money by mail order.
It should be mandatory for claims to be made in person with photos and prints taken of the applicant.
Then use facial recognition / print recognition software to find if they have already claimed.
Typical clueless public sector.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Apr 10, 2024 12:54:26 GMT
It really is a stupid system when you can get money by mail order. It should be mandatory for claims to be made in person with photos and prints taken of the applicant. Then use facial recognition / print recognition software to find if they have already claimed. Typical clueless public sector. More staff needed though, which would require greater funding. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Apr 10, 2024 12:58:35 GMT
It really is a stupid system when you can get money by mail order. It should be mandatory for claims to be made in person with photos and prints taken of the applicant. Then use facial recognition / print recognition software to find if they have already claimed. Typical clueless public sector. More staff needed though, which would require greater funding. Why? Processing a form with the person there or not is the same. The only addition requirement is 1 minute for photos and prints. That's nothing. And can be funded from the savings from reduced fraud. |
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Post by mowlick on Apr 10, 2024 13:22:22 GMT
It really is a stupid system when you can get money by mail order. It should be mandatory for claims to be made in person with photos and prints taken of the applicant. Then use facial recognition / print recognition software to find if they have already claimed. Typical clueless public sector. Unfair, although I like the imagery.
A broken mother begging at the workhouse door for a few scraps to feed her starving children, only to be told that there will be no gruel unless she makes out an application for outdoor relief in triplicate.
And then her claim will be passed on to the correct department (if it isn't lost in the system) and she will get an answer in six months.
Maybe.
But my children are dying of want now, cries the broken hearted woman.
In that case there is no point in apply for relief laughs the Poor Law Commissioner
Ah, things were so much better in the gold old days ![[sun]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/xxbZAntehYJKWsTebBax.gif) |
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Post by mowlick on Apr 10, 2024 13:27:42 GMT
It really is a stupid system when you can get money by mail order. It should be mandatory for claims to be made in person with photos and prints taken of the applicant. Then use facial recognition / print recognition software to find if they have already claimed. Typical clueless public sector. More staff needed though, which would require greater funding. Exactly.
Monkey and his friends have replaced all the civil servants with computer programs and squandered the profits on squash rackets and holidays in Bulgaria.
It is pretty obvious who the real criminals are.
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Post by tickingmask on Apr 10, 2024 21:40:14 GMT
Careful! You'll run the risk of getting arrested for hate speech if you go around claiming that criminal gangs earning millions ripping off the British taxpayer happen to be foreign.
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Post by notoriousnobbi on Apr 10, 2024 22:45:23 GMT
It really is a stupid system when you can get money by mail order. It should be mandatory for claims to be made in person with photos and prints taken of the applicant. Then use facial recognition / print recognition software to find if they have already claimed. Typical clueless public sector. It would be of great help (not only for the civil service) if every British person had a right for an ID card that proves that he/she is a British citizen. One can solve several problems at once, for example the potential injustices with the voter-ID will become less. |
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Post by ShadowSouL Likes This on Apr 11, 2024 0:01:42 GMT
South-east Europeans involved in crime? I am shocked, I tell you, shocked. Stupid EU for letting these bastards in. But you like the ladies, though, right, Flying Monkeys? Especially the 53-year-old one, right? Are they as hot as your hotties? |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Apr 11, 2024 3:44:34 GMT
South-east Europeans involved in crime? I am shocked, I tell you, shocked. Stupid EU for letting these bastards in. But you like the ladies, though, right, Flying Monkeys? Especially the 53-year-old one, right? Are they as hot as your hotties? No I don't like them. Their accents are harsh and they're not trustworthy. And those scummy looking people are nowhere near as hot as my beauties! |
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