Community service for false claims man
A Llangennech man has been sentenced to a community order for falsely claiming more than £4,500 in rent rebate and council tax benefit.
Stephen Hodge appeared at Llanelli Magistrates Court for sentencing, having previously pleaded guilty at Ammanford Magistrates Court to one charge of dishonestly failing to declare a change in circumstances and one of dishonestly making a false statement, contrary to S111 Social Security Administration Act 1992.
Hodge, aged 46, had been awarded housing and council tax benefit at his council tenancy at Nantygro, Llangennech, on the basis he was a single man.
An investigation was commenced in November 2010 when it was suspected that he had been working.
He attended the council offices and made a full admission that he had failed to declare he had returned to work for Millbrook Recovery in March 2009 and that he’d subsequently been working for A & A Car Service Centre, Llanelli from August 2009 to June 2010.
As a result, Hodge had been overpaid £...