What is Housing and Council Tax Benefit fraud?
Sometimes people do not give us the correct details, so get more benefit or reduce the amount of rent and council tax they pay. Fraud is committed when a person claiming benefit doesn’t tell us their full circumstances when they first claim or they don’t tell us about changes to their circumstances after the claim is made. People who make false claims or do not tell us of changes when they happen, will not only have to repay any overpaid benefit but may also be prosecuted for offences under the Social Security Administration Act, Fraud Act or the Theft Act.
