Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The government is cracking down on benefit fraud. (Danny Lawson, PA Images) The government is ramping up efforts to drive down ...

The government now has the power to access suspected benefit fraudsters’ bank accounts and strip them of their driving licences under a new law. The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error, and Recovery) Act ...

Complaints of benefit fraud in Northern Ireland have significantly increased in the year since Stormont reintroduced the naming of people who have been convicted. The number of reports from members of ...

Unfazed by the state auditor’s previous uncovering of substantial fraud in public-assistance benefit programs, the fleecing of the state’s taxpayers has continued at a frustratingly furious pace. The ...

A Fitchburg man faces charges in connection with an alleged SNAP and pandemic benefits fraud scheme that raked in over $1 million by using the stolen identities of over 100 people. According to U.S.