Kingsbury: Anwar Mihsen, from Kingsbury, who allegedly claimed over £40,000 housing benefit was given an 18-month imprisonment sentence.
It is said that she had failed to inform Brent Council that the two properties for which she was claiming housing benefit were owned by the father of her children, Mohamed Jawad.
Mihsen had claimed housing benefit on the two properties between 2006 and 2010. Rather than informing the council, she allegedly provided tenancy agreements and benefit forms in which she provided Modeef Limited as the name of the landlord.
Brent Council cabinet member, Councillor Roxanne Mashari, who is responsible for welfare said, “In a time of budget cuts, when we are all desperately trying to make our money go further, it is disgraceful that someone would deliberately scam us out of over £40,000. In this climate, we cannot allow this amount of money to be wasted and so I am very pleased that it will be repaid to us.”
