A 35 year old woman from Solihull, accepted a Formal Caution following a successful investigation by the Council’s Benefit Fraud Team. She failed to declare to the Council that she had started to receive Tax Credits. The discrepancy was identified as part of a data matching exercise . A total overpayment of £3687.07 is now being recovered from the customer.
A 50 year old man from Solihull was prosecuted following a successful investigation by the Council’s Benefit Fraud Team. He failed to declare to the Council that he was no longer in receipt of job seekers allowance and was working resulting in an overpayment of Housing Benefit and Council tax benefit which is now being repaid. He was fined £160 and given court costs to repay of £125.