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Man Who Pretended to Be Single Convicted over £70,000 Benefit Fraud
Hegarty admitted falsely claiming as single while living with a partner, and the Department for Work and Pensions said it will recover the overpayment.
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Man who pretended to be single convicted over £70,000 benefit fraud
A DWP investigation was launched after it was alleged Hegarty was not declaring his true living arrangements
·Blackburn, United Kingdom
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Benefits fraudster pocketed over £70k after social media proposal post exposed lie of being single
A Blackpool man who fraudulently claimed almost £71,000 in Universal Credit after falsely declaring himself to be single has been jailed after a proposal post caught him in a lie.Colin Christopher Hegarty, 58, of Springfield Road, Blackpool, received a 10-month custodial sentence at Preston Crown Court, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work.Hegarty fraudulently claimed £70,967.89 in Universal Credit between Fe…
·London, United Kingdom
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