Originally Posted by jacksonb:
i don't really understand why it is that joe bloggs fiddling ten quid a week, gets caught and hauled in for interview and threatened with court action etc. within a milisecond of the alleged moffence.
and yet some one claiming as several different people from various addresses , with varying amounts of dependants, can rob the system blind,buy a villa in Spain, have holidays in Barbados and buy a yacht, and the investigators say' we thought some thing wasn't right ' and it transpires that the thieving toe-rag has been at it for years, and has cheated the system out of tens of thousands...
Also agree with this Jackson... And what pisses me off is how bigwigs and people in power (bankers, MPs etc...) can get away with squandering/robbing 100s of millions, and don't seem to generally pay for it, and they often bounce back and probably write a book about it....!!!! And yet, when someone 'normal' like us guys on here, defrauds the DWP out of several grand, they get dragged through the courts, get humiliated in the papers, probably lose their job - if they have one - and are made to pay back the money they owe out of their remaining 'wealth...'
Most ordinary folk who defraud benefit, usually do it to keep their head above water, and not many end up absolutely loaded! Some may be on incapacity benefit and are finding it hard to go back to work, (even if they are a bit better health-wise,) because they have been off work for so long that it's hard to go back...and sometimes, they can be better off on benefits anyway...
But I am not condoning benefit fraud, I just think that not everyone who does it is an evil criminal, and as I said, it does annoy me that nobby rich folk seem to get away with it a lot more and come out of it almost totally unscathed, when little folk have their lives ruined. And yes the ones who rob millions and have yachts and villas and all kinds of shit need punishing too. But the single mum working on the side in the local pub? or having the father of her kids give her 50 quid a week? Should someone like this be badly punished ? No IMO.
Not impressed with how they can look at everything either... and you have to declare EVERYthing? Even ebay things or if your folks buy your shopping?! thats ludicrous!
Glad you got what you deserved off your ex though Aims... I guess there is another side to to it.