tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post7578723258426300102..comments2024-10-25T13:58:36.797+01:00septicislehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03369157723084834549noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post-31305762275993779342010-08-14T10:44:35.554+01:002010-08-14T10:44:35.554+01:00Some mark up!<br />Most victims of these official stings won&#39;t have a clue as to how much they wrongly claimed, knowingly or otherwise, so they won&#39;t question the amount.Jemmy Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613242697482178552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post-66668775069184654832010-08-13T17:02:37.791+01:002010-08-13T17:02:37.791+01:00Indeed, see CH/225/2009 (HN v London Borough of Brent) for an explanation of why this is. In this case the council committed a substantially more serious fraud than the claimant.<br /><br />http://www.osscsc.gov.uk/aspx/view.aspx?id=2821Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14379881605741607452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post-84939442362532370712010-08-13T15:27:44.432+01:002010-08-13T15:27:44.432+01:00Welfare rights specialist Neil Bateman wrote (Guardian 15.12.08), &quot;Investigations I have carried out for the courts at the request of defence lawyers have shown that amounts allegedly defrauded are frequently nowhere near as great as alleged.&quot;<br />So we may assume that the benefit fraud figure is gretly inflated but no journalist will bother to query it.Jemmy Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613242697482178552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post-56458226541094866252010-08-13T10:48:03.287+01:002010-08-13T10:48:03.287+01:00Tax evasion is illegal, tax avoidance is not.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12416450797937326379noreply@blogger.com