Watch: Gang member convicted of 'industrial scale' £50m benefit fraud throws stack of £20 notes in the air

Bulgarian nationals, Galina Nikolova, 38, Stoyan Stoyanov, 27, Tsvetka Todorova, 52, Gyunesh Ali, 33, and Patritsia Paneva, 26, pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering-related offences.

One of five Bulgarian nationals who falsely claimed £50m in Universal Credit filmed themselves throwing a stack of £20 notes in the air. The criminal threw the notes one by one and waited for an unknown woman to pick them up. Stacks of cash tied with rubber bands were also shown in a separate video.

'For a number of years, these defendants conspired to commit industrial-scale fraud against the Universal Credit system, costing the taxpayer more than £50m. 'Submitting thousands of false claims, the organised criminals enriched themselves from government funds designed to protect and help the most vulnerable people in our society.

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