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Mum-of-six swindled £85k in benefits after lying about boyfriend living with her
24.03.2024 - 12:15 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A mum-of-six has been caught out in a shocking benefits scam, lying about her boyfriend living with her to swindle more than £85,000. Emma Buck, who lives in Bournville, dishonestly claimed income support, housing benefit and child tax credits for three years.
The 49 year old told investigators that her ex-partner only 'popped around a couple of times a week' and she didn't know where he lived. But the truth was they were living together as a couple, he had his own key and even used her address on important paperwork.
Eventually, Buck admitted to two offences of dishonestly failing to notify of a change in circumstances affecting her entitlement to benefits and one offence of being knowingly involved in the fraudulent payment of tax credits.
In court on Thursday, Judge Richard Bond told her she was 'lucky you live in our society' but decided not to send her to prison straight away. He gave her a nine-month sentence, suspended for 18 months, including 20 rehabilitation days.
He said her three youngest children would 'suffer greatly' if she was sent to jail, reports Birmingham Live.
Buck has been claiming income support since 1992, housing benefit since 2004 and child tax credit since 2015. At first, she was entitled to these benefits because she was a 'lone parent'.
But she started breaking the rules between April 2016 and March 2019.
Prosecutor Daniel Oscroft revealed that an investigation was launched and surveillance confirmed her partner had been living with her between December 2018 and January 2019. He told the court further research established that they gave the same address on their son's birth certificate, while Buck's boyfriend also used her address on 'documents for loans, multiple employment records, emergency
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