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Series looking at benefit fraud. Investigators work on the case of a woman who claimed benefits as a jobless single mother, but who may be much better off than they first thought.

The council's fraud investigators in Sandwell are looking into a woman who for years was claiming benefits because she was a jobless single mother. As the team dig a little deeper though, there is the potential that she is actually a lot better off than she has been letting on - 拢270,000 better off, in fact!

Matt Allwright meets 22-year-old Shane, a young man whose life had gone off the rails and was facing being made homeless. He needed help and support, but would a local charity be able to get Shane back on his feet and with some hope for a future?

29 minutes

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Role Contributor
Presenter Matt Allwright
Series Producer Adam Orr-Ewing
Executive Producer Matthew Gordon

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