Britain’s worst benefit-scrounging con artists can today be exposed. Using fake identities of dead pensioners, Irish immigrants and even a fake MI5 spy benefit fraudsters stole hundreds of thousands of pounds last year, MailOnline can reveal. One man stole £85,000 using a raft of stolen identities which he claimed he needed in his role as an undercover British agent. Another woman posed as her dead mother to claim more than £70,000 – while living in Portugal. A gang of fraudsters meanwhile illegally claimed more than £100,000 in illness and disability benefits claiming to be Irish immigrants unable to work because they had been injured in car crashes.
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James Bond imitator Peter Fischer fraudulently claimed £85,000 in benefits
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Maria  Lucas posed as her dead mother after stealing £73,500 in welfare
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One gang stole £103,000 by hijacking the identities of 60 people
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