Benefits fraudster went on £20k Amazon rampage AFTER she was caught conning taxpayers

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Benefits fraudster went on £20k Amazon rampage AFTER she was caught conning taxpayers.

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A benefits fraudster went on a £20,000 Amazon shopping spree after she was caught conning taxpayers.Patricia Caley, 54, spent £120,000 in inheritance money before she claimed benefits from the Isle of Man's Government.But Caley, from Laxey, was still receiving an income from dog-walking which she had failed to declare to the Isle's Treasury.Caley previously admitted to two counts of fraud after she received 172 overpayments totalling £49,632 and failed to declare a bank account.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The payments dated between 2020 and 2024.She has now appeared in the Isle of Man's High Court of Justice for sentencing.The court heard how she had paid £123,946 into her Halifax account from an inheritance in June 2020 but had since spent it.She falsely declared that her circumstances had not changed on 172 occasions as she received payments to her MiCard - the system used on the island to claim benefits until the end of last year.The Isle of Man MiCard allowed benefits...

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