Former Tory councillor guilty of £10,000 disability benefit fraud

Former Fylde councillor Albert Pounder, 74, who represented the Conservative party, had denied claiming £10,422,60 in disability living allowance between August 2014 and May 2016, and £467.23 of housing benefit from Fylde Council – the authority he represented – between April 2016 and May 2016.

But jurors at Preston Crown Court found him guilty of two charges of benefit fraud following his trial.

Read more at: https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/our-region/fylde/staining/former-tory-councillor-guilty-of-10-000-disability-benefit-fraud-1-9276104