Fraud

Hi All,

Well I rang the man who left the message yesterday and apparently it was about the fine that has been imposed as well as the repayment, the action that has been taken for my alleged fraud is to fine me £1,918.15 on top of having to repay £ 3,836.30 that's if I loose my appeal of which he new nothing about but said I would have to pay this if I loose my appeal so a total of £5,754.45 if my maths are right so the repayment plan will probably be over the 14 years, so fingers crossed I win if I loose well who knows they may still be trying to get the money when I'm dead and buried lol.
Thanks to all last night when I went into panic mode again.


Chrissy V

Thanks Gordon I will do, it just seems funny timing to me just after I sent the appeal letter in, its taken them almost 6 months to tell me that they have decided to fine me , the man said it was a percentage of the overpayment that I have also got to pay if I loose my appeal so I could be paying £5 a week for the rest of my natural.


Chrissy V

chrissy v wrote: Thanks Gordon I will do, it just seems funny timing to me just after I sent the appeal letter in, its taken them almost 6 months to tell me that they have decided to fine me , the man said it was a percentage of the overpayment that I have also got to pay if I loose my appeal so I could be paying £5 a week for the rest of my natural.


Chrissy V

Hi CV,

As Gordon advised last night, it is important that you update your CAB Adviser.

It seems that they wish to impose an Administrative Penalty/Fine, and that they are applying the maximum permissible amount which is 50% of the over payment up to a maximum of £2000.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/loss-...ty-for-benefit-fraud

On the positive side, they do have to prove their allegations at the FTT for the penalty to be imposed, and they can't issue an Administrative Penalty and prosecute you in the Criminal Courts, it's one or t'other.

bro58

Thanks Bro58 that's good to know, my priority now is the impending ESA Tribunal on the 28th July hope they don't adjourn it again and finally one way or the other know my fate.

Cheers Bro58


CV

Hi CV,

There is more info on Administrative Penalties (Ad-Pens) : Here.

bro58

EDIT : I have corrected the link to the correct source.