A fraudster conned taxpayers out of nearly £30,000 by pretending he was living alone despite being involved in a 20-year relationship.
Graeme Dewar, 68, spent years duping a local authority and the Department of Work and Pensions into paying him thousands in benefits.
An investigation was launched when an eagle-eyed agency worker eventually noticed payments were being made into a joint bank account.
Dewar was found guilty of conning the DWP out of £11,647.80 between 1 June 2014 and 3 May 2018 at West Culmalundie Farm Cottages in Tibbermore, Perthshire.He was found guilty of knowingly failing to give prompt notification of a change of circumstances while he was living in a common household with Sally Hamilton.
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