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A man who used two identities to illegally claim more than £85,000 in housing and income support benefits in Camden has been jailed for 18 months.
Ahmed Sharif Mohamed, 36, also used the name Mohamed Sharif Ahmed.
He pleaded guilty to 19 counts of fraud.
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I contributed to the NI for forty nine years for my pension. This man has shown me that I must be a fool.
- Fred, Horsham, 09/12/2009 10:08
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Benefit cheats are rightly put in prison.
MP thieves just carry on willy-nilly, with their long smelly snouts buried deep in the stinking trough of expenses.
WHY IS THERE ONE LAW FOR BENEFIT CHEATS AND AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT LAW FOR MP's?
- Reuben Camara, Plot 1, Morecambe Compound, EUSSR, 09/12/2009 09:40
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And this is why they flcok here from all over the world, because our benefit system is a joke.
- Porky Pies, London, UK, 08/12/2009 16:41
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This story just makes my blood boil.
What about the people who are honest and work hard, do they count for nothing?
The pensioners for one struggle to survive. My parents would never have taken advantage, they had pride and worked hard all their lives - yet England just allows this to happen.
For Heavens sake - wake up UK - do something about this appalling situation.
Yours disgusted
- Elizabeth Taylor, dallas TX, 08/12/2009 15:06
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Out in 6 months, back on the scam before next year is out no doubt.
- Chris, London, 08/12/2009 13:28
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This suggests this thief was getting £42,500 legally? So how many wives and children does he have? Is he paying the money back? Are his co-conspirators ie said wives and children being thrown out of the house / country? I think we all know the answer. Well done Camden. Useless as ever.
- Jon, london, 08/12/2009 13:15
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But be fair, that's ingenious. Ahmed Sharif Mohamed = Mohamed Sharif Ahmed. Did he use the same date of birth for both? Marvellous. Its given me an idea.
Yours,
Maker Peace
- Peace Maker, Battersea, 08/12/2009 12:03
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He earned £5,000 for each month of imprisonment. Not bad at all, especially if he gets out early which he probably will.
- Eleanor, Billericay, UK, 08/12/2009 10:16
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nice one ahmed ,trouble is you got caught,how many millionairs through benifit fraud are reading this article,and saying .for the grace of god goes i?
- Scony, middlesbrough, 08/12/2009 09:50
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