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Arwo/Macmillan/Connor

Series looking at benefit fraud. A five-year investigation by West Midlands Police into a Birmingham charity reveals the company was involved in a complex and sophisticated fraud.

When Mohammed Arwo set up a charity to house the homeless and asylum seekers in Birmingham, the local authority and UKBA awarded him over a million pounds of taxpayers' money to provide essential services. But a painstaking five-year investigation by West Midlands Police revealed the company was involved in a complex and sophisticated fraud.

And Matt meets Pauline who, despite a terminal diagnosis of cancer, faced having her benefits revoked because she had lived longer than expected. Could a Saint at the end of a telephone line help Pauline and many others in her situation?

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Presenter Matt Allwright

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