00:01, Tue, May 19, 2015 Updated: 16:04, Tue, May 19, 2015 Nearly 6,000 fraudsters living in nations as far away as Afghanistan and Zambia have been caught making bogus claims on the British welfare ...

Half a million pounds saved... Almost £500,000 has been recovered from fraudsters after a council set up a texting service for locals to finger benefits cheats. The benefit fraud investigation unit at ...

Our computers will find you, warns government... Benefit cheats are being targeted by a new government campaign warning of a "Robocop"-style crackdown using fraud-busting technology and computer ...

A list of the most bizarre excuses used by benefit cheats has been released by ministers. Fraudulent claims cost the taxpayer £1.6bn a year and some of those guilty have used excuses such as "I ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to "really go after" people on THREE benefits in a "tough" crackdown.

Benefit cheats, fraudsters and debtors who can afford to repay but refuse will have money taken directly from their bank accounts or lose their ...

Benefit cheats could be banned from driving if they repeatedly fail to pay back cash to the taxpayer, under a new Government drive to curb welfare fraud. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ...