Welcome to the benefit fraud area of the Council’s
website.
Read more about the Council’s Benefit Fraud Team, the action that
they are taking to safeguard your money and how you can help the
fight against fraud.
Benefit Fraud Video
Local Authorities
are working together to stop benefit fraud. To view a short
fraud awareness video please select the following link
- Stop Benefit Fraud video.
(Please note that an appropriate media player is required to view
the above video, which is in a wmv format).
Information requests to employers
Occasionally people who receive benefits fail to declare that they
are working and receiving
payment for that work. This is a criminal offence that we need to
investigate - Read more.
Our
Results
In 2010/11 the Fraud Team established that
£764,703.32 had been stolen by benefit thieves within East
Dunbartonshire. This is the highest figure achieved by the team and
represents a 50% increase from the previous years total of
£506,691.38.
In addition to recovering this money, for which the
Council will use all powers available, further action was taken
against 40 fraudsters, 19 of whom were reported to Procurator
Fiscal. The other cases were disposed of by applying Administrative
Cautions and Administrative Penalties, 14 and 7 respectively, as an
alternative to prosecution.
Of the cases reported to the Procurator Fiscal the most notable
outcome was that of a case involving an Angela Weldon of
Kirkintilloch who was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for
fraudulently obtaining £30,000 in benefits.
Press Releases
Read more
about our recent success
If you would like to read about some of our previous results,
search the News area of our website (enter the word
fraud
and select the Search
button).
Report a suspected fraud
You can report a
suspected fraud to the Benefit Fraud Team by:
- completing the Benefit Fraud
online form
- phoning the Benefit Fraud Hotline free between 8am and
6pm
- emailing the Benefit Fraud Team
- writing to the Benefit Fraud Team
You can make a difference, tell us now in strict confidence
using the contact details.