Benefits cheats

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MicrosoftBob replied

5 February 2014, 21:23
I don't see why we should pay benefits or pensions to anyone living abroad anyway, I don't care if they are UK citizens or expats
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Flashman replied

5 February 2014, 20:23
Maybe 400,000 UK citizens living in Spain

769 cases of benefit fraud

0.19%

I wonder what the % would be for, lets say, Roumanians living in the UK?

Will we ever be told the true cost?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...-migrants.html
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Antman replied

5 February 2014, 18:39
There are posters in UK airports advising people not to go on holiday if they are claiming benefits because they could get found out and...
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bobspud replied

5 February 2014, 18:21
The biggest fraud of all is the idiots on the other side of the counter trying to piss money up the wall on IT projects...
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darmstadt started a topic Benefits cheats

5 February 2014, 16:49
Benefits cheats

So its not just in the UK, nor is it just the newly arrived EU members but its also, gasp, shock, horror, Brits abroad as well : Spain tops list of UK 'abroad fraud' - The Local

Spain has a higher number of UK benefit cheats than any other country in the world, new figures provided by the British Embassy reveal. More than 750 cases were investigated in Spain last year by the Department for Work and Pensions.
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Abroad fraud cost British taxpayers an estimated £84 million (€101m) in 2012/13 - up 90 percent in the last two years.
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The top 5 nations involved were:

. Spain - 769 cases

. Pakistan - 628 cases

. Turkey - 298 cases

. India - 282 cases

. USA - 246 cases
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