Benefit cheat jailed (From Basildon Recorder)
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Benefit cheat jailed
9:35am Tuesday 27th November 2012 in Echo News By Gina Marden
A BENEFIT fraudster, who falsely claimed £15,000 in benefits despite having thousands in the bank, has been jailed.
Paul Taylor, 52, of Byfletts, Basildon had £16,000 in the bank but failed to tell Basildon Council.
Taylor admitted the fraud and was jailed for eight weeks.
Comments(20)
perini
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10:16am Tue 27 Nov 12
alimac69 wrote:..especially when there are muggers, rapists, murderers etc. getting a slap on the wrist as there is no space in jail for them.
Rather than jail him, take his money off him to pay back the £15k and make him do community service. Jailing him is a waste of tax payers money.
EthanEdwards
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10:32am Tue 27 Nov 12
It's only a shame we can't make him stand on a roundabout wearing a 'I stole from you sign' for a month. Throw rotten fruit at him.
Eric Whim
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10:44am Tue 27 Nov 12
shallotman
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11:51am Tue 27 Nov 12
runwellian
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2:54pm Tue 27 Nov 12
Pensioners get less than that to live on for a whole year!
I hope they have emptied his bank account!
runwellian
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2:54pm Tue 27 Nov 12
Pensioners get less than that to live on for a whole year!
I hope they have emptied his bank account!
bumper
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3:18pm Tue 27 Nov 12
yes its wrong what he has done but i would like know if it was the bank giving info out this is more alarming to me
kng
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4:14pm Tue 27 Nov 12
if you want to hide your savings pull them out then get a friend to open an account at their address with you having an atm card or internet access.even then they probably would still snoop around.
Keptquiettillnow
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4:27pm Tue 27 Nov 12
Spyglass
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5:40pm Tue 27 Nov 12
What about the ones who swindle upwards of £30,000 for years without getting caught?
Realworld
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6:25pm Tue 27 Nov 12
EthanEdwards wrote:Great idea - I would have suggested Vic Circus roundabout but..... Hang on! having said that the longer queues would mean drivers get to shout extra abuse!
No fine him double the amount AND lock him up.
It's only a shame we can't make him stand on a roundabout wearing a 'I stole from you sign' for a month. Throw rotten fruit at him.
hotdog 999
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6:55pm Tue 27 Nov 12
Nebs
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7:04pm Tue 27 Nov 12
hotdog 999 wrote:Two wrongs don't make a right.
what is a matter with all you **** that have posted on hear condemn this man have you not looked at your mp and all the millions that is given away to country that have **** all to do with us lets see some you **** say some thing about that but you will be there next time voting the same old **** olds back in and the mp with there expenses but thats ok ****
westborograss
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7:22pm Tue 27 Nov 12
madmax1
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8:53pm Tue 27 Nov 12
Sean4u
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9:04pm Tue 27 Nov 12
Nebs
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7:28am Wed 28 Nov 12
Sean4u wrote:Great idea. Luckily we are awash with money and this will help put a small dent in the stockpile.
I wish we'd stop paying means-tested benefits altogether - it's a fraud's paradise. We should just pay every adult British citizen a flat Allowance every month that would replace benefits, low-income tax breaks and the Minimum Wage. The bureaucracy would be slashed as well as the fraud, people wouldn't be afraid to work for an _extra_ 100 quid every now and again (good for startups and small businesses) and it would act as a disincentive to visiting workers.
perini
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2:25pm Wed 28 Nov 12
madmax1 wrote:I think he meant 2K/wk for 8 wks inside - who said crime doesn't pay!!
8 weeks (out in 4) for 15k , not bad.
Nebs
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8:12pm Thu 29 Nov 12
perini wrote:Surely he will have to pay it back?
madmax1 wrote:I think he meant 2K/wk for 8 wks inside - who said crime doesn't pay!!
8 weeks (out in 4) for 15k , not bad.
alimac69 says...
9:46am Tue 27 Nov 12