Universal Credit payment for example, that they are not entitled to, or when they deliberately fail to report a change in their personal circumstances.The most common forms of benefit fraud that the DWP sees include when a person receives unemployment benefits while working, or when they claim they live alone but actually get help from a partner.Here are some of the most common ways you might be accidentally committing benefit fraud, and what happens if you get caught, according to the Daily Record.You might be committing benefit fraud if you fail to tell the DWP about a change in your circumstances.
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