{"id":43596,"date":"2023-10-29T08:19:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T08:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cabanesetcompagnie.com\/?p=43596"},"modified":"2023-10-29T08:19:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T08:19:38","slug":"sammer-jailed-for-fraudulently-claiming-250000-in-dwp-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cabanesetcompagnie.com\/world-news\/sammer-jailed-for-fraudulently-claiming-250000-in-dwp-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Sammer jailed for fraudulently claiming \u00a3250,000 in DWP benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A benefits fraudster has been sentenced to nearly two-and-a-half years in jail after falsely claiming \u00a3250,000 worth of benefits.<\/p>\n

Hossein Najafi, 57, lived under two identities and claimed multiple benefit payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).<\/p>\n

These included Personal Independent Payment (PIP), Employment Support Allowance (ESA), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and housing benefits.<\/p>\n

Under a false identity, Mr Najafi claimed benefits from two addresses while claiming to have physical disabilities.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, he did not disclose any income he had alongside his benefits which would affected the amount of money he may otherwise have been entitled to.<\/p>\n

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Manchester Crown Square was told how Mr Najafi applied for a passport in August 2011 which had his birthplace as being Tehran.<\/p>\n

In June 2010, he received a letter addressed to Hussein Ali Nagrafi from the UK Border Agency which gave him indefinite leave to remain in the UK.<\/p>\n

Using that letter, Mr Najafi was able to create another identity and he obtained a Home Office Identity card, a second National Insurance and a provisional driving licence.<\/p>\n

Despite the elaborate nature of this scam, the fraudster used the same telephone numbers under both his identities when in contact with the DWP.<\/p>\n

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Officers discovered 26 bank accounts in his two identities and learned received a total of \u00a3349,487 which he was not entitled to.<\/p>\n

The police also found Home Office identity cards and a provisional driving licence in the name of Hussein Ali Nagrafi.<\/p>\n

The 57-year-old was arrested and pleaded guilty to 21 offences, which included fraud and possession of identity documents that were used to carry out these scams.<\/p>\n