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28th August 2008, 22:30
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| | Basic Account Customer | Re: i commited benifit fraud Quote:
Originally Posted by yourbank | thanks xxx |
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28th August 2008, 22:39
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Watch out, there are Claims Touts about! Cagger since
: Sep 2007
Posts: 19
| Re: i commited benifit fraud hi iv been and lawyer got it adjorned till 3 sept then hes wrote to me and siad ill get another date hes had it ajorned again
he told me this at first meet and said hell get it for around xmas time and that would give me a chance to get the money
hes living in another planet .
iv had enough now as my dads terminal i want this done now and not at xmas when things might get worse thanks all xxx |
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29th August 2008, 00:19
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Where else can you earn 8% interest on your money? Start your County Court claim NOW!!! Cagger since
: May 2006 I am in: St.Helens Merseyside
Posts: 17,846
| Re: i commited benifit fraud Yes any sentence will reflect your cooperation and admissions early on.It would also take into account of your ability to repay.
The Court will also be looking to see how you used the money-that will be a mitigating factor.
Not all cases require the overpayments to be repaid-but there is almost always costs awarded.
Your best bet is to keep this in the Magistrates Court...
Its quite rare to see custodial sentences handed out in most cases for a first offence-there now appears to be a greater use of community service orders.
Have a look at this-its a list of cases and the results from Wrexham-and is soley Benefits Fraud related.
Maybe you should consider asking them to withdraw charge 1 since you are already paying that back. WCBC: Previous Prosecutions Obtained by the Anti-Fraud Team
__________________ Halifax ; First one and very quick. Royal Bank Scot; 1 done 1 ongoing Telewest Broadband.......Won ..after 2 bounced cheques and them running out of time. Barclays Business;.T.B.A Citi Cards.Stayed;Full hearing listed June Default removals;RBS 2 stay apps refused Virgin media; 3 won.Now claiming damages for hostile action following last claim. Cabot (Vanquis)Section 10 sent breach of CCA Swinton Insurance-£12 default fees refunded
Retail Loss Prevention-assisting 6 victims.
Hillesden-Settlement agreed. Have you got charges beyond 6 years ? Have your bank provided all statements ? Please take our survey.The Consumer Forums - Data disclosure poll Help us to help you-take time to read FAQs. Please dont tip my scales-they have been broken for ages since my ex stood on them. Advice offered by MARTIN3030 is without prejudice and is for your judgement as to whether to take it. You should seek the assistance or hire of a solicitor or other paid professional if in doubt ie; Cobbett Ltd.
The writing here is deliberately made smaller-I thought Bookworm would not find any mistakes,but clearly did......after 28 months.!!
Last edited by MARTIN3030; 29th August 2008 at 00:40.
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18th January 2009, 22:10
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Your bank owes you an awful lot more money than you realise See here Cagger since
: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,456
| Re: I committed benefit fraud There was a case in our local paper (West Mids) where a woman had been defrauding housing benefit for 10 years, total £57,000, she got a 12 month suspended sentence and was paying it back at just under £12 per week = she would be 112 when the debt would be paid. The circumstances was that she had been living with her partner for 6 years, who was working on a low income. The Judge said the sad thing about this is if you had have declared it there would have been other benefits that you could have claimed legitimately.
I'm not sure how long they can keep putting it off though.
I think the main thing is when you go to court is to ensure that you are contrite and to offer to make amends. |
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19th May 2009, 00:58
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| | Site Team | Re: I committed benefit fraud I am not up on the Scottish system-but generally you could get some idea by looking at the sentencing policies of that Court-have you done any searches on the net ?
So theres 8 grand come off-is that one of the 3 original amounts ?
You are paying the first one off you say ?
My guess is that that one will be taken into consideration-or is it that one thats been dropped ? http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=U...icp=1&.intl=uk
__________________ Halifax ; First one and very quick. Royal Bank Scot; 1 done 1 ongoing Telewest Broadband.......Won ..after 2 bounced cheques and them running out of time. Barclays Business;.T.B.A Citi Cards.Stayed;Full hearing listed June Default removals;RBS 2 stay apps refused Virgin media; 3 won.Now claiming damages for hostile action following last claim. Cabot (Vanquis)Section 10 sent breach of CCA Swinton Insurance-£12 default fees refunded
Retail Loss Prevention-assisting 6 victims.
Hillesden-Settlement agreed. Have you got charges beyond 6 years ? Have your bank provided all statements ? Please take our survey.The Consumer Forums - Data disclosure poll Help us to help you-take time to read FAQs. Please dont tip my scales-they have been broken for ages since my ex stood on them. Advice offered by MARTIN3030 is without prejudice and is for your judgement as to whether to take it. You should seek the assistance or hire of a solicitor or other paid professional if in doubt ie; Cobbett Ltd.
The writing here is deliberately made smaller-I thought Bookworm would not find any mistakes,but clearly did......after 28 months.!!
Last edited by MARTIN3030; 19th May 2009 at 01:15.
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19th May 2009, 01:14
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Your bank owes you an awful lot more money than you realise See here Cagger since
: May 2006 I am in: St.Helens Merseyside
Posts: 17,846
| Re: I committed benefit fraud There does not appear to be much on recent activities.
Interesting I found a consultation report from 2007.
Link is in previous post.
__________________ Halifax ; First one and very quick. Royal Bank Scot; 1 done 1 ongoing Telewest Broadband.......Won ..after 2 bounced cheques and them running out of time. Barclays Business;.T.B.A Citi Cards.Stayed;Full hearing listed June Default removals;RBS 2 stay apps refused Virgin media; 3 won.Now claiming damages for hostile action following last claim. Cabot (Vanquis)Section 10 sent breach of CCA Swinton Insurance-£12 default fees refunded
Retail Loss Prevention-assisting 6 victims.
Hillesden-Settlement agreed. Have you got charges beyond 6 years ? Have your bank provided all statements ? Please take our survey.The Consumer Forums - Data disclosure poll Help us to help you-take time to read FAQs. Please dont tip my scales-they have been broken for ages since my ex stood on them. Advice offered by MARTIN3030 is without prejudice and is for your judgement as to whether to take it. You should seek the assistance or hire of a solicitor or other paid professional if in doubt ie; Cobbett Ltd.
The writing here is deliberately made smaller-I thought Bookworm would not find any mistakes,but clearly did......after 28 months.!! |
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19th May 2009, 23:01
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| | Platinum Account Customer
Where else can you earn 8% interest on your money? Start your County Court claim NOW!!! Cagger since
: Nov 2006 I am in: In my world!!
Posts: 832
| Re: I committed benefit fraud Hi
Although I can not condone the act of fraud, I have managed to find some information which you may find useful.
As it is quite juicy I would suggest taking your time reading it. The main section is clause 17 Social Security Fraud Act. From there you will need to find further reading based on the info in that clause. Social Security Fraud Act Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47)
Althou they are English Acts they do have Scottish sections in for readisee 13 - 16 for advice.
Good luck. Be honest. Get to your solicitor and ask for an update. Co-operate. Inform them of family matters. Show a willingness to repay your debt.
Mrsfoot |
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22nd May 2009, 07:49
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Your bank owes you an awful lot more money than you realise See here Cagger since
: May 2006 I am in: St.Helens Merseyside
Posts: 17,846
| Re: I committed benefit fraud Decisions as to whether to prosecute in the Courts will have been decided at a senior level it would be suprising if they are going to push it to Magistrates unless they thought they had a good case.
__________________ Halifax ; First one and very quick. Royal Bank Scot; 1 done 1 ongoing Telewest Broadband.......Won ..after 2 bounced cheques and them running out of time. Barclays Business;.T.B.A Citi Cards.Stayed;Full hearing listed June Default removals;RBS 2 stay apps refused Virgin media; 3 won.Now claiming damages for hostile action following last claim. Cabot (Vanquis)Section 10 sent breach of CCA Swinton Insurance-£12 default fees refunded
Retail Loss Prevention-assisting 6 victims.
Hillesden-Settlement agreed. Have you got charges beyond 6 years ? Have your bank provided all statements ? Please take our survey.The Consumer Forums - Data disclosure poll Help us to help you-take time to read FAQs. Please dont tip my scales-they have been broken for ages since my ex stood on them. Advice offered by MARTIN3030 is without prejudice and is for your judgement as to whether to take it. You should seek the assistance or hire of a solicitor or other paid professional if in doubt ie; Cobbett Ltd.
The writing here is deliberately made smaller-I thought Bookworm would not find any mistakes,but clearly did......after 28 months.!! |
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