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Series looking at benefits thieves and the people who actually deserve government help.

Series following 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.

Saints and Scroungers: Series 2

Matt Gordon

Dominic Littlewood

Saints and Scroungers: Series 2: Episode 19: Watkinson/Tag

Series 2

Episode 19

Episode 19: Watkinson/Tag

Watkinson/Tag

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A man claims he's reached rock bottom but has cheated the taxpayer out of 118,000 pounds.

Series looking at benefit fraud. A man claims he's reached rock bottom, but he's systematically cheated the taxpayer out of more than 118,000 pounds.

Dominic Littlewood presents a series looking at the work of fraud investigators searching out benefit thieves and meets the people they are stealing from - the genuine claimants.

Living off the state and lording it up in luxury - a scrounger of the highest order comes under scrutiny. He claims he's reached rock bottom but he's systematically cheated the taxpayer out of more than 118,000 pounds.

Plus a scheme designed to help the young and unemployed reach their full potential.

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Series looking at benefits thieves and the people who actually deserve government help

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

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