Woman's £3.5k benefit fraud

Craig Davidson - Craig Davidson • Published 4 Apr 2008 16:30

A WOMAN who claimed £3,500 in benefits she wasn"t entitled to has been ordered to pay them back.

Alison McCafferty, 37, accepted housing and council tax benefit over a four-year period without disclosing income she received from a job with the NHS.

McCafferty, of Berwick Road, Greenock, was caught out in November last year.

Yesterday, she admitted the fraud at the sheriff court.

Her solicitor, Fiona Cook, admitted: 'She is at the very early stage of repayment.'

Sheriff Vincent Canavan deferred sentence for six months to see how she progressed with the repayments.

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This article appeared in Greenock Telegraph 04 Apr 08

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