Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Government at Work - "Cracking Down"
Would you care to wager that the same thing is happening here in America?...
EMily Kent Smith recently posted the story in the U.K. Daily Mail:
"Just 250 out of of 7,188 benefits cheats were put behind bars in 2012, despite claims from Westminster that a tougher stance would be taken on swindlers.
New Ministry of Justice figures, requested by a Conservative backbencher, reveal that, between 2008 and 2012, the number of benefits cheats taken into custody decreased each year apart from one.
Benefits fraud costs the UK up to £2 billion each year yet just 1,306 out of 32,847 were sent to jail for the crimes."