Woman invented four kids for £90,000 tax claim

[pacman06]

A tax office worker who hijacked a woman's identity and invented four children to fraudulently claim £90,000 in benefits has been jailed.




Defence lawyer Joseph Myles said the fraud had started because Barrass, who now works as a slimming consultant, was struggling with household bills.





unless she is consulting Dawn French, me thinks she is commiting fraud for a second time

[RemainAllHoof]

On-topic: disgusting. And all she gets is a free holiday on the tax payer. Sorry, I mean prison. No, I mean holiday camp. FFS.

Off-topic: Well, some say you can't counsel drug addicts or suicidal people until you've been there.

[Cupramax]

pacman06 said:

Barrass, who now works as a slimming consultant, was struggling with her appetite.

EFA

[pacman06]

Cupramax said:

pacman06 said:

Barrass, who now works as a slimming consultant, was struggling with her appetite.

EFA

[10 Pence Short]

What did she spend the £90,000 on? 3 Ginsters Pies from a Welcome Break service station?

[Cupramax]

3 pies a day by the looks of it

[RacerMDR]

You can see how the fraud was discovered. Blatantly nobody could impregnate such a creature - it was obviously deception

[Hooli]

RacerMDR said:

You can see how the fraud was discovered. Blatantly nobody could impregnate such a creature - it was obviously deception

[Funk]

I find it amusing that her parents saw fit to name her 'Em Barrass'.

[Derek Smith]

And I suppose we'll have to look after her kids whilst she's inside.

[Asterix]

Funk said:

I find it amusing that her parents saw fit to name her 'Em Barrass'.

Excellent!

[s3fella]

Derek Smith said:

And I suppose we'll have to look after her kids whilst she's inside.

Yeah, they're staying round mine I am a Foster Dad. Claiming £150 a week for each of them..!

[Rude-boy]

Asterix said:

Funk said:

I find it amusing that her parents saw fit to name her 'Em Barrass'.

Excellent!

Was her brother called Fred?

[pacman06]

Funk said:

I find it amusing that

the fat used her kids and "paying bills" as an excuse to defraud 90 odd grand.. Who the fk has bills of 90k living in one of these houses?? If it had been a male he would of been sent down for a lot longer..

[carmonk]

At least it's a step up from actually having four kids to claim £90K.

[pacman06]

carmonk said:

At least it's a step up from actually having four kids to claim £90K.

She was claiming for her own three kids as well..

[carmonk]

pacman06 said:

carmonk said:

At least it's a step up from actually having four kids to claim £90K.

She was claiming for her own three kids as well..

I guess that's 3 from a possible 7 then...

[RemainAllHoof]

carmonk said:

At least it's a step up from actually having four kids to claim £90K.

You're a glass half full kind of guy, aren't you.

[Jasandjules]

Well at least she was caught. Which does beg the question, are there others in the tax office (trustworthy lot it seems!) who are doing similar but perhaps on a smaller scale so as not to get caught!?!?

[markcoznottz]

This has happened before. Its usually change of address folowed by change of bank details, although in this case she actually moved into the 'live' claiments house, so it was probably opportunistic . My ex class mate (HMRC employee)explained how the scam works, you end up with other peoples money, paid in thier name, but to your address and your bank account. Chokey normally stops employees doing this, but must be very tempting for some. Change of bank details should require higher level authorisation you would of thought. How long till shes out because of 'uman rites' to look after her kids?.