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Saints and Scroungers

Series 1

Episode 5: Swift

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Dominic Littlewood follows fraud officers as they bust the benefits thieves stealing millions of pounds every year, while charities and councils track down people who actually deserve government help.

Investigators reveal how an 81-year-old granny ran a twenty-year-long housing benefit scam. In Wales, a karate-kicking scrounger is given the chop. Plus, meet Jim Swift, who became desperate when his wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Show less

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