Updated : 02 Nov 2026, 12:27 AM
A man has been jailed for stealing the identities of family members and friends to make more than 172,000 in fraudulent benefit claims in the United Kingdom..
Atikur Rahman, 34, used 26 different identities to submit more than 40 false claims to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Birmingham Mail reports.
News outlet Dazzling Dawn, run by Bangladeshi expatriates living in the UK, has identified the man as Bangladeshi.
Atikur used false company and employment details to obtain payments for Universal Credit, Maternity Allowance, tax credits, and Child Benefit.
He also attempted to obtain more than 62,000 through 20 fraudulent registrations under the government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme, introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) detected the fraud before any money was paid, reports Birmingham Mail.
It said the fraud came to light in 2018 when one of the people whose identity had been stolen tried to make a genuine benefit claim.
Officials became suspicious and raised concerns with the DWP. Investigators checked financial records and uncovered several claims made using stolen identities.
HMRC arrested Rahman in October 2021. During a later interview, he admitted making the fraudulent registrations.
He pleaded guilty to five counts of fraud committed between July 2015 and May 2021.
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