Millions in benefit fraud in NI - @vinnybelfast speaks to the man taking on those cheating the system

Oct 19, 2017, 09:21 AM

Benefit fraud in Northern Ireland amounts to around £29 million per year. Last year 300 cases went through the courts. But what exactly is benefit fraud and how does it happen? Here's a question for you would you report someone you suspected of benefit fraud or would you leave it all to the people tracking them down? Vinny has been speaking to Conrad McConnell, Assistant Director of Benefit Security at the Department for Communities.