Kerry Melia claimed £62,243 in benefits for invented children
By ANDY DOLAN Edited by :S W T Read
By ANDY DOLAN Edited by :S W T Read
A jobless mother of six real children was already living on handouts, invented 15 more children to claim more than £60,000 in a benefits fraud.
Her brazen operation was rumbled only when investigators realised she had made claims for ten new ‘foster children’ in just six months.
Kerry Melia, 30, was already legitimately claiming tax credits for her children when she submitted the false claims for non-existent youngsters.
She was able to get away with it because no one from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, who run the system, checked whether the children existed.
The greedy mother was jailed for eight months.
The a court heard she had continued to submit claims for a further five ‘foster children’ phantom children, even though she was under investigation.
THE MONEY WAS THERE FOR THE TAKING
NO WONDER THE "UK" HAS PROBLEMS
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