Hassan Mirza was made the subject of a Proceeds of Crime action after duping the Department of Work and Pensions and Dundee City Council.
A fraudster who conned the benefits agency out of nearly £22,000 by posing as his dead father has been ordered to pay back £1.
Mirza initially claimed he had power of attorney for his father, used his details to fill out claims, and then pretended to be the dead man during phone calls. "The pretence was that you were your late father, and as a result of that fraudulent scheme, you obtained very close to £22,000 of state funds.
Shopkeeper Mirza, 40, posed as his 72-year-old father Abdul Majid Mirza to dupe the benefits agency and Dundee City Council. Mirza admitted inducing the agency to award nearly £20,000 in pension credit to his own bank account and to an account in the name of his father.
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