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How Do They Investigate Benefit Fraud?

Benefit fraud is a situation that can disappoint and frustrate anyone. A company or an individual can be the victim of this crime. So, if you wish to find out who is committing this crime within your company or with you, the best thing to do is to hire a qualified private investigator.

In order to detect benefit fraud, private detectives will carry out a benefit fraud investigation. With professional skills and techniques, a private investigator can conduct a benefit fraud investigation by performing a surveillance, gathering evidence and interviewing suspects and witnesses.


What Are The Steps?

Once a private detective is hired, they will carry out an investigation to find out the truth. Normally, the investigation process will have some steps, which include:

  • Interruption of benefits: depending on the situation, during the investigation process, the benefit payments will be interrupted. In case this happens to you, you will receive a letter informing that your benefits will be stopped and explain you why.
  • Interview: it is possible that a private investigator carries out an interview in order to obtain more details and they may record it to gather evidence.
  • Additional investigation and evidence gathering: even after interviewing you, private investigators may carry on with the investigation by collecting important information. This can range from interviewing individuals you know to surveillance. On top of that, in most serious cases, a private detective will conduct an in-depth investigation into personal and professional lives.
  • Reach a conclusion: this is the last step of the investigation and here is where a private detective will analyse all the material they gathered during the inspection process and decides if you indeed committed a benefit fraud crime. In case it is proven that you committed the crime, you may be required to pay the overpaid money back.

What Do They Look Into?

During an investigation process of a benefit fraud, private investigators investigate every relevant detail that can lead to the conclusion of the investigation. So, a private detective will follow the suspect to obtain further information that they did not manage to get during an interview, for instance.


How Do They Find The Information?

Private investigators obtain the information they need during an investigation process. When it comes to benefit fraud, private detectives obtain details by making use of some techniques, such as surveillance, having access to data, interviews, bug detection and social media scans.

Contact Private Investigator on 0800 061 4397 or send an email at contact@privateinvestigator.co.uk if you wish to obtain further information about benefit fraud investigation or even hire a private investigator to carry out one.



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