Benefit fraudster failed to tell council his wife had two jobs

A man was overpaid more than £9,600 in housing and council tax benefits when he failed to tell Leicester City Council his wife had two jobs.Isaac Fungai Chiza (68) of Upper Temple Walk, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, pleaded guilty at the city's magistrates' court to dishonestly making a false statement on July 2 and 5 2012 to obtain benefits.Hannah Price, for the council, said: "The claim was fraudulent from the outset."When an application for benefit was made he declared his wife...