main content Benefit fraudster convicted

A benefit fraudster has been sentenced at Croydon Crown Court, bringing the total prosecuted by Bromley Council to 26 over the past 34 months.

Council Leader Stephen Carr said: "Any fraud against this authority cannot be tolerated and we will continue to vigorously prosecute fraudsters and support the courts to enforce the maximum penalties permissible."

Mark Tindill was sentenced to a three year Community Rehabilitation Order. Tindill from Park Hill, Bickley pleaded guilty to 4 charges of benefit fraud. He had submitted false documents to claim benefits totalling about £6,000. In summing up, His Honour R Laurie said ‘This had been a determined and calculated affair lasting a number of months, whilst bolstering the claim with false documents.’

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Notes to Editors

For further information contact Luis Remedios on 020 8313 4886 or e-mail luis.remedios@bromley.gov.uk.

• Anyone with any information about a suspected benefit fraud should contact (in strict confidence) the Fraud Hotline on 0800 169 6975.
• Bromley Council works in partnership with Greenwich Council’s Corporate Anti-Fraud Team.
• These prosecutions brings to 26 the number of prosecutions for 2002 to January 2005. We have also been able to claim back over £151,000 in reward money prosecutions, cautions and administrative penalties over two years.