Benefit cheat caught

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A BENEFIT cheat has been ordered to pay back £7,399 after defrauding the council and the Department for Work and Pensions.
Joanne Mossop, 31 of Molyneux Avenue, Warrington appeared at Warrington Magistrates’ Court on 21 January 2015 and pleaded guilty to a charge of benefit fraud.
Mossop had continued to claim benefits as a single parent and failed to inform the council that she was living with her partner and was in full time employment.
She falsely claimed £5735 housing benefit, £960 council tax benefit/Support and £704 Jobseekers Allowance from the DWP.
She was sentenced to a committal order for six weeks which included a tag being put on her imposing a curfew between 8pm – 6am. The court also ordered her to pay back the overpayment, £250 costs and £60 victim surcharge.
Adrian Webster, the council’s benefits and exchequer services manager, said: “Every day in the UK over 200 benefit thieves are caught – the clear message is – if you commit benefit fraud you will be caught.”
Anyone who suspects someone is fraudulently claiming benefits to which they are not entitled is asked to call the council’s confidential benefit fraud hotline on 442282 / 442283 or email [email protected]


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