![]() ![]() It was also established that she was working for restaurant chain McDonald’s, without Home Office permission to take employment, which resulted in her being dismissed. The anti-fraud team quickly established that the passport was not genuine and that Thompson had no leave to remain in the UK. ![]() In March 2008, Thompson made an application for housing and council tax benefit, using a British passport, but, following an anonymous tip off, an investigation was launched. However, she remained in Britain with no further leave to do so and no means of legally claiming benefits. Her leave to remain was extended to October 2004, in order that she could attend college. The court heard that, in 2002, Thompson entered the UK, from Jamaica, on a six-month visitor permit. She was sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, ordered to carry out 120 hours’ of unpaid work, and pay £500 costs. Working illegally when she had no right to be in the UK, a woman went on to use a fake passport to claim more than £57,000 in housing and council tax benefit payments.įollowing an investigation by the council’s corporate anti-fraud team, Sabrina Thompson, 30, previously of Alexandra Road, Addiscombe, appeared at Croydon Crown Court, on 15 June, having previously pleaded guilty to fraud and using a fake passport. ![]()
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