A REDDITCH woman has been found guilty of defrauding the taxpayers of around £50,000 after failing to inform the Department of Work and Pensions that she was living with someone.
A court in Hereford last Friday (November 11) sentenced Stacey Louise Blick of Mickleton Close, Oakenshaw to an eight months in jail, suspended for 18 months, and ordered her to do 120 hours of unpaid work.
She will also be required to pay back the money owed in its entirety.
A DWP spokesman said: “Only a small minority of people try to cheat the benefits system, but cases like this show how we are rooting out those who are stealing taxpayers’ money and diverting it away from the people who really need it.”
