I was wondering if anyone knows how long the dwp have to bring charges against you after a cautioned interview suspecting beenfit fraud!!!! I was cautioned back in June 2011 and have heard nothing except an overpayment letter of £11000 which I appealed against and still waiting on a decision I am going mad and is causing my anxiety to be very severe, i am not a criminal Please any advice/help would be appreciated

Hi I was wondering if anyone can help me. How long have the dwp got to charge you with fraud after a caution interview? Does anyone know the timescale for this? Also how far back by law can either dwp or council go, for investigating you? Any help would be appreciated

I honestly dont know what basis they are basing it on, all they seemed to have was his mail coming to my address, him coming over at times to help with my illness and all the hassle i had wif my so called son and the fact we were never divorced, although this i done straight after they had me in as i forgotten we were actually still married as i had been living my own life for about 15 years, they also hada completed form from his employment which in a part stated next of kin was me then under stated wife but this was corrected straight away as i told them he did not want his work knowing his exuality because of the past and i am like a sister more than anything to him, but as i said he has had several partners one for which over 2 years and his own tenancy agreements going back to 2006, i honestly cant take anymore, have never been in trouble in my life, and with my illness and full blown anxiety hvae actually thought about ending my life, i did go to a lawyer who told me he could help as it wasnt a criminal matter to go away and call him if and when they charge me

Thank you for all your replies, i know i have done nothing wrong but i did not notify dwp income support as i did not think i had anything to say had changed as i was still single he only came and helped out now and then but there was no money involved etc therefore i was still only living on my own benefits, but as stated di go and say to counicl

Sorry to be so bleak but do not understand the last 4 posts on here, if it helps, he was not contributing to anything, does not pay any bills for me, only helps me with my disabiity needs we are totally independent and non dependent of each other

Hi Hopefilly I relly do understand whst you are gpoing through, as i myself are going through the same right now. I ws cautioned in july re IS,HB and that i had a partner staying with me. I was married in 199? for only 4 months, becuae of personal reasons, i therefore just got on with my life as a single parent, however a few years later i bumped into my ex and from their stayed friends and in contact he is gay, married me thinking he could live a totally different life but knew he couldnt. He is now my best friend more like a brother at at times my son looked up to him as father figure. I am also disabled and have alot of health issues which over the past few years has got worse, he always visited as a friend , he had alot of bother at one of his rented flats, mail getting stolen tampered with etc and asked if he could use mine, i said yes thinking nothing of it and about 3 years ago did stay the odd night or 2 but only because of my health and issues i had, and to help with probs with my son, and this is how it went on, then a year ago my son turned to drugs etc doing me alot of harm and he starting coming over more and more but still only staying the odd night but because of this i did notify the council as i did not want to be seen doing anything wrong, he has had other partners and in a relationship for over 2 years and in another now but it wasnt till i went for a cautioned interview that i realised i wasnt even divorced, which i got done staright away, but even him having other tanancy agreements and partners they are now pursuing me for £14000 on IS alone dont know yet about the council. I too have considered ending my life as i have not seen myself as doing anything wrong....any advice would be appreciated

Hi I was wondering if you would give your opinion on this matter. I went for a Cautioned interview in july, they said it was to do with my income support and that i was claiming while having someone staying with me. I did admit someone stays sometimes 1 or 2 nts a wk but not every week to help with my care needs and as a friend, this i let the council know a while back because i did not want to be seen doing anything wrong. The person in question i was married to for 4 months away bk in 1995, didnt work because of personal reasons, however a few years later we bumped into each other and stayed friends he is like a brother to me and at times also took to do with my son as a father type figure, he got into alot of bother years ago re hs sexuality and from then on kept a secret from people, I did state at the interview he had a partner and his own place. They also called this person in for interview which he attended, after this he was told by his landlord that they had been asking if he stayed there which the landlord agreed with. Since then i have had a letter from IS saying that i have been over paid £14000, then a letter from debt management in england saying " the overpaying was for the past 6 years as i had not told them about a partnr joining or leaving the household, the money must be paid back but does not affect any proceedings ina crimal court which may be taken in your case". I have no links with this person apart from being still married to as i just got on with my life as a single parent but divorce should be through any day, he does have mail coming to my address as in one of his tenancies his mail was getting stolen etc and though nothing of him using mine. He has hd a few partners over the past few years and they are willing to state so I am disabled and have severe full blown anxiety which all of this has made worse and finding it very hard to cope as i honestly think i have done nothing wrong. Can you give me your advice on this, will i go to court, will i go to jail?. I have never been in trouble or anything before

Hi No i was not assessed this time, I was assed last year and awarded for life, then out the blue a few months ago i got one of their book type forms to fill out, when i rang them up and asked why i had to do this again they said it was a formality even tho i was awarded for life. I have had no medical nothing, just doc reports which were very informative and stating how severe my illness was etc then i got a letter saying i was entitled to nothing that i could walk etc same pace and length as anyone else. How they can justify this i am baffled

Seems like it has to do with atos yes but i will fight till the end

Hiya Sorry to have to say this but i have been on dla high mobility and high care for over 8 years , was awarded it for life and have been told i am not entitled still not sure why but i am appealling it, however they are taking my mobility car of me next week, you get 10 days from when your benefit stops, i am going to be a prisoner in my own home, i am furious and disgusted by this, how can they get away with it Missblobby

Hi I was cautioned with regards to benefit fraud about 8 wks ago, re income support but think they are going to als add HB and CT to this also. They were going on basis i had not declared my partner was living with me. Case is: I was married for a few months away bk in 98, thngs didnt work out but hav remained good friends, well my son looked up to him as a dad, i just carried on living my life vice versa with him, had'nt seem him for a long time. However my health detaeriated about 6 years ago bumped into him one day and we again remained friends, he had his own place but for personal reasons was getting a bit of other, and moved got a rented room in a flat where mail was getting stolen etc. So because we had stayed in touch etc and was coming to my house more often do really just help with things i couldnt mnaage coz of my disability, asked if he could use my adress for mail, i did not see anything wrong so i let him. As time has went by especially over the past 3 maybe 4 years he has been helping me alot with carers needs etc and just being a real good friend, well i should say more like brother sister now, although he has his own relationship, there have been alot of times he stayed. Maybe 1 sometimes 2 nts a week. then my son became abusive turned to drugs etc had to put him out, had ma life threatened, windows smashed etc made my illness worse and my anxiety and he has always been there, more so over the past year sometimes staying 3 nts. I did inform my council as i didnt want to be seen as doing anything wrong, i adviced them on him staying a couple of nts and they said would be an non dependant occupant but nothing changed etc i thought i was doing all legally until i got this cautioned interview. Now they have stopped my IS and said i owe them £14000,which is going back 5 yr till nw, they knowingly no i am not in a relationship wif him even tho i hadnt realised i hadnt been divorced (which is being done at present), they went to his landlord whom confirmed he was staying there etc, i named his new partner who he is in a realationship wif. My helath is got that bad because of this, i am worried sick my doc was even thinking about sectioning me because of my mental status. I have honestly thot i have done nothing wrong, but there stating i have. I have myself being put in prison because of this PLEASE HELP!! NEED ALL THE ADVICE I CAN GET