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Saints and Scroungers

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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 1 - 30 Minute Versions

Simon Barnes

Matt Gordon

Saints and Scroungers: Series 1 - 30 Minute Versions: Episode 5: Swift

Episode 5

Episode 5: Swift

Series 1 - 30 Minute Versions

Swift

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Investigators reveal how an 81-year-old granny ran a 20-year-long housing benefit scam.

Investigators show how an 81-year-old granny ran a 20-year-long housing benefit scam. And we meet a man who became desperate for help when his wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Saints and Scroungers delves into the world of benefit theft, meeting those who abuse the system by stealing millions of pounds each year, as well as the people they are stealing from. 

There's an 81-year-old granny who ran a 20-year-long housing benefit scam, and meet Jim Swift, who became desperate for help when his wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and he becomes her carer.

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Series looking at benefit thieves and those who deserve government help. Revised repeats.

A look at the work of fraud investigators who bring benefit thieves to justice, and the genuine claimants who deserve government help. This series contains revised repeats.

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