00:01, Tue, May 19, 2015 Updated: 16:04, Tue, May 19, 2015 Nearly 6,000 fraudsters living in nations as far away as Afghanistan and Zambia have been caught making bogus claims on the British welfare ...

Half a million pounds saved... Almost £500,000 has been recovered from fraudsters after a council set up a texting service for locals to finger benefits cheats. The benefit fraud investigation unit at ...

Our computers will find you, warns government... Benefit cheats are being targeted by a new government campaign warning of a "Robocop"-style crackdown using fraud-busting technology and computer ...

A list of the most bizarre excuses used by benefit cheats has been released by ministers. Fraudulent claims cost the taxpayer £1.6bn a year and some of those guilty have used excuses such as "I ...

Benefit cheats could be banned from driving if they refuse to hand cash back to taxpayers under a major government crackdown on the spiralling welfare bill. Fraudsters also face having cash recovered ...

The ads are shot in a documentary style and demonstrate the various methods of detection that the Department for Work and Pensions can employ to track down benefit thieves. National press and online ...