Interesting story that I picked up from another forum:

http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1993456.mos...by_welfare_cheat.php

It wouldnt surprize me if there were many more getting away with things like this.
A report on the news a few weeks back said that the UK was paying 2 million pounds a month in child benefits for children that were not even in the country. These were being paid to families of east european origin.