Make it a criminal offence to maliciously report someone for benefit fraud.

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Make it a criminal offence to maliciously report someone for benefit fraud.

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I would be very grateful is people could sign this epetition and advertise it as well. There must be at least 100000 people who have been maliciously reported as benefit frauds when they are not:-

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/22678

Make it a criminal offence to maliciously report someone for benefit fraud.

Responsible department: Department for Work and Pensions

Given the success rate of the "shop a benefit fraud" hotline is only 0.31%, a large number of people are being maliciously accused of benefit fraud. Such malicious people should be subject the criminal law similar to wasting police time.

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