Nearly 10600 investigations launched into suspected welfare fraud last year

Jason O’Sullivan, the principal and founder of J.O.S Solicitors, explained that investigations into social welfare fraud are complicated. He said: “They have to do a lot of due diligence and investigating. “They have to first look at the circumstances of the individual case, the nature of the alleged offence, and also they’d have to appraise the evidence available. “At that stage, they’d have to look at the duration of the fraud or the abuse, the size of the overpayment, and also if there are any mitigating or aggravating circumstances related to it.”

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