What different types of benefit fraud are there?
A benefit claimant commits fraud by failing to give the following information: • Their correct household income. • Their correct savings or capital. • That a partner or other adults domiciles with them. • That they own other property or land. • A change of their domicile address. Fraud may also be committed by: • Pretending to rent a property, but actually own it. • Pretending to pay more rent than they actually do. • A landlord not declaring that tenants have moved out, still accepting their benefit payments. • Requesting an employer sign a form declaring the claimant earn less than what they actually do.
