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Scots benefits fraudster took £30k taxpayers cash after pretending he lived alone
11.01.2023 - 07:57 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A fraudster conned taxpayers out of nearly £30,000 by pretending he was living alone despite being involved in a 20-year relationship.
Graeme Dewar, 68, spent years duping a local authority and the Department of Work and Pensions into paying him thousands in benefits.
An investigation was launched when an eagle-eyed agency worker eventually noticed payments were being made into a joint bank account.
Dewar was found guilty of conning the DWP out of £11,647.80 between 1 June 2014 and 3 May 2018 at West Culmalundie Farm Cottages in Tibbermore, Perthshire.
He was found guilty of knowingly failing to give prompt notification of a change of circumstances while he was living in a common household with Sally Hamilton. He obtained £11,647.80 in Employment Support Allowance.
Dewar was also found guilty of fraudulently obtaining £16,418.95 housing benefit from Perth and Kinross Council between 1 June 2014 and 6 May 2018.
Fiscal depute Rebecca Kynaston told Perth Sheriff Court that the same situation had persisted since 2001, when the couple had started living together.
However, she said that due to the limited availability of financial paperwork prior to 2014, the charges had to be limited to the period between then and 2018.
Sheriff William Wood said: "I have heard quite a lot of evidence designed to illicit whether or not the romantic relationship between Mr Dewar and Ms Hamilton was ongoing throughout the period.
"However, that does not appear to be a requirement, as the requirement is for people to live together in a common household. The only question is what constitutes living together.
"It simply means shared expenses, and regardless of whether there was a romantic relationship, they would appear to have continued to maintain a
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