Bulgarian fraudsters throw taxpayer money in air after £50 million scam

A #gang has been convicted of Britain’s largest benefit #fraud, costing the taxpayer more than £50 million. Bulgarians pocket £50m from taxpayer in Britain’s biggest benefits fraud 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 for their involvement in a multi-million-pound scam on the benefit system. The five members of an organised criminal gang falsely claimed more than £50 million in Universal Credit over a four-and-a-half-year period. #crime Read more: Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: Get the