Just got this from a news channel the other day. How the heck can this happen? I've certainly never heard of anything like it before. How can it be done......skimming of funds into their own bank account. I bet these individuals will never be named and shamed ...hushed up like most things are.

DWP staff stole benefits that should have gone to pensioners and disabled people
Benefits cash intended for carers, pensioners and disabled people has been stolen by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) employees, The i Paper has found.
Some staff have siphoned off benefits money for their own gain. They have also abused the system by ignoring rules to approve claims for people who may not be entitled to benefits, according to an official government report.
In total, more than £1.7m was lost in 2024-2025 because of DWP employee benefits fraud.

In the past, staff have been jailed or received a suspended sentence for stealing employment and support allowance, carer’s allowance and winter fuel payments by diverting the money into their own bank accounts.

The revelation of fraud among a small number of staff in charge of benefits for the country’s most vulnerable people is likely to put pressure on the Government, which has promised to crack down on claimants who are “benefit cheats”.

Baroness Ros Altmann, a former pensions minister, said: “DWP staff stealing money from benefit claimants is obviously really shocking.