A woman was been ordered to pay £365 after admitting to benefit fraud. A woman has been fined for dishonestly claiming ...

Benefit fraud in Northern Ireland has risen from £163m to £233m in recent years, the communities minister has said. Gordon Lyons also revealed that each year government mistakes cost £40m and customer ...

UK households have warned over £50 fines that they could face from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The DWP says ...

Most of losses from bounceback loan, furlough pay and eat out to help out fraud not recovered, report finds ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced a new campaign to tackle Universal Credit fraud will begin at the end of January, 2026. DWP Minister Andrew Western also confirmed the campaign ...

Pensioners receiving winter fuel payment have been warned to stay alert after scammers conned more than £27,000 out of claimants. Scammers have been targeting pensioners receiving winter fuel payments ...

A new batch of federal data is raising alarms about the scale of fraud within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), revealing how much the nation’s largest food assistance program is ...

Fraudulent claims for taxpayer funds during the COVID-19 pandemic cost Britain's public finances 10.9 billion pounds ($14.5 ...

The UK financial services sector is adopting artificial intelligence at a rapidly accelerating pace, but consumer confidence ...

Nicholas Ryder receives funding from UKRI, the Joffe Trust and StopScams. Fraud is now the most common offence in the UK accounting for more than 40% of reported crime. In the year to July 2025, ...

The Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) has initiated a massive crackdown on benefit fraud, which could involve contacting the family members of suspects as part of its investigations. In addition ...

An East Yorkshire woman has been handed a suspended prison sentence after fraudulently claiming more than £35,000 in benefits ...