Benefits fraudster delivery driver who swindled £172,000 from taxpayer jailed

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Benefits fraudster delivery driver who swindled £172,000 from taxpayer jailed

A takeaway delivery driver who worked in Kent has been imprisoned for 40 months after orchestrating a complex benefits fraud that netted him £172,000 by assuming the identities of 26 friends and family members. Atikur Rahman, 34, was sentenced yesterday at Canterbury Crown Court following a six-year scheme that exploited multiple government support programmes. The fraud involved submitting over 40 bogus claims for…