Hmmm, would'nt be so sure its not fraud - from my experience in this situation I think most fraud officers would IUC your client, and if he told them what you say in the example they would then interview his wife, presuming she has signed the application for benefit form. It would then be up to the officer/managers concerned to determine who to take action against, if any. It can get very confusing, especially if they contradict each other in the IUC's. From the example above I would think the probable outcome would be them both being interviewed and the wife being offered a sanction based on the fact that she was a joint signatory and she would have known that the money was a pension, not anything else, and therefore should have declared as such on the claim form.
I think !!!
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