Woman who hoarded £20K benefits for pension jailed for fraud

Pauline Ford, 58, saved the money from her incapacity benefit and disabled living allowance which she received until 2005. She then invested it in a Nationwide fixed bond, but failed to declare her savings as she continued to claim means tested council tax and housing benefit and income support, the Daily Mail reports. A Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) investigation revealed Ford had been overpaid benefits of £28,000 over the years which she has now repaid. She admitted to three counts of benefit fraud and was jailed for four months on a suspended sentence.