In message , at 18:30:10 on
Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Zen83237 remarked:
I wonder why their auditors don't make a point of examining all multiple
claims for the same person, above some reasonable threshold (a couple of
dozen a year, perhaps).

You would hope they are doing, after the first high profile fraud revealed
(in the courts) a few weeks ago. Presumably these cases take quite a few
months to come to trial?

So they would audit everybody claiming over about £50 a year.

Not £50, people making large numbers of claims. They have the figures,
so perhaps just the 1% of "top claimants".

And how much does each audit cost.

All it involves is getting a list of names, addresses and claims, sorted
by the number of claims. Then skim off the top (say) 1%.

Hardly cost effective, why not spend the money stopping the bloody
delys in the first place.

Surely you can agree that having a close look at anyone claiming more
than 365 times a year would be a good thing?
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Roland Perry