Hassan Mirza had mounted up £30,000 in debt when he decided to start claiming benefits for his father more than three years after he died.
A failing businessman who posed as his dead father to con the benefits agency out of nearly £22,000 has been jailed for eight months.
"This was a fraudulent scheme from the outset. It commenced in March 2017 and continued until June 2019. At no stage did you decide to abandon this scheme. "Taking that amount from public resources means that others who deserve it are unable to get what they should. You didn't do it for a compelling reason and you were not a vulnerable person. It is necessary that a custodial sentence is imposed."
Mirza admitted inducing the agency to award nearly £20,000 in pension credit to his own bank account and to an account in the name of his father. He also admitted pretending to be his father to Dundee City Council to con them into paying him £2,535.68 in housing benefit between 6 March and 15 October 2017.
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