A man has admitted he fraudulently claimed more than £26,000 in Universal Credit over a five year period.
Ian Andrew Waugh, of Great Corby, Cumbria, received the Universal Credit payments between 2021 and 2024.
He failed to inform the Department for Work and Pensions when his children stopped living with him, according to court documents.
This meant he received overpayments of £26,278.
Waugh pleaded admitted to benefit fraud at Carlisle Magistrates Court
Waugh's fraudulent activity violated the terms of an 18-month suspended sentence he received in May 2022 following his involvement in an attack that resulted in the victim suffering a skull fracture, according to the BBC.
He pleaded guilty at Carlisle Magistrates' Court to dishonestly failing to declare a change of circumstances which affected his Universal Credit payments.
Waugh is due to be sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court in August.
In a separate recent case of benefit fraud, a pensioner narrowly escaped prison time after defrauding the benefits system of nearly £22,000.
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|Waugh failed to tell the Department for Work and Pensions about his change in circumstance
John Peters, from Otley, Leeds, wrongfully obtained housing benefit payments while concealing substantial self-employment earnings and significant savings.
The 74-year-old initially secured housing benefit in 2011 after declaring minimal income and negligible savings.
When authorities requested updated information in 2022, he continued to claim poverty despite his changed circumstances.
An investigation by Leeds City Council however revealed Peters had operated a landscaping enterprise between October 2017 and February 2022, generating £61,484 in undisclosed earnings.