Benefits fraudster falsely claimed £33,000 in Universal Credit while spending £280,000 inheritance on clothes

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Benefits fraudster pocketed £14,000 while spending more than 1,000 days in Greece.

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A woman from Derby has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting she illegally claimed more than £14,000 in disability benefits whilst spending extended periods living abroad.Dawna Bird, who resides in the Alvaston area, appeared at Derby Crown Court, where she pleaded guilty to fraud on what was scheduled to be the first day of her trial.The court heard Bird, 66, had been receiving Personal Independence Payments (PIP) but failed to inform the Department for Work and Pensions about her lengthy stays in Greece, as she was legally required to do whenever she left the UK for more than 28 days.Between 2019 and 2023, Bird resided overseas for in excess of 1,000 days without fulfilling her obligation to notify authorities, prosecutor Stefan Fox told the court.

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Benefits fraudster falsely claimed £33,000 in Universal Credit while spending £280,000 inheritance on clothes.

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A 37-year-old woman has falsely claimed £33,000 in Universal Credit while splashing her £280,000 inheritance on clothes.Aimee Jeffrey, from Portsmouth, pleaded guilty to one count of dishonestly failing to notify change of circumstances affecting entitlement to social security benefit.The fraudster splashed her extra cash on luxury items and lavish clothes, the Department for Work and Pensions revealed.Jeffrey received her inheritance around a year after the mother-of-five began to pocket taxpayer-funded support in 2020.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say And, when she was no longer entitled to the benefits, she accepted the "substantial amount" of cash and paid off her debts.

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She even started up a business with the extra support from the Government, Portsmouth Magistrates' Court was told, which later failed.

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Prosecutor Noel Watkins said: "There is a Universal Credit payment to her for a declaration she made in 2020.

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A: A woman from Derby has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting she illegally claimed more than £14,000 in disability benefits whilst spending extended periods living abroad.Dawna Bird, who resides in the Alvaston area, appeared at Derby Crown Court, where she pleaded guilty to fraud on what was scheduled to be the first day of her trial.The court heard Bird, 66, had been receiving Personal Independence Payments (PIP) but failed to inform the Department for Work and Pensions about her lengthy stays in Greece, as she was legally required to do whenever she left the UK for more than 28 days.Between 2019 and 2023, Bird resided overseas for in excess of 1,000 days without fulfilling her obligation to notify authorities, prosecutor Stefan Fox told the court.

B: A 37-year-old woman has falsely claimed £33,000 in Universal Credit while splashing her £280,000 inheritance on clothes.Aimee Jeffrey, from Portsmouth, pleaded guilty to one count of dishonestly failing to notify change of circumstances affecting entitlement to social security benefit.The fraudster splashed her extra cash on luxury items and lavish clothes, the Department for Work and Pensions revealed.Jeffrey received her inheritance around a year after the mother-of-five began to pocket taxpayer-funded support in 2020.