The government is ramping up efforts to drive down benefit fraud after the passing of a law that allows money owed to be taken directly from fraudsters' bank accounts. In December last year, the ...

Many households in Barrow and South Cumbria rely on support from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), whether through Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or other benefits. At ...

A woman in charge of Housing Benefit scammed the local council out of £493,000. Joella Preston, who was in charge of fraud detection at the Housing Benefit department of her local authority, set up ...

U.S. Attorney Leah Foley has named her office’s new Fraud Coordinators, who will head the new Benefit and Voter Fraud Team as tens of millions of dollars in SNAP, Medicaid and other public assistance ...

When policymakers talk about housing affordability, the focus is usually on interest rates, inventory shortages, zoning reform, or construction costs. All are important. But one factor rarely making ...

The recent announcement by U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley of a new federal effort to crack down on benefit fraud in Massachusetts deserves recognition. Protecting public resources and maintaining ...