Homeless in Wales, a Villa in Spain | Saints and Scroungers S6 E8 | Full Episode

He came back from a decade on the Spanish coast, presented himself to a Pembrokeshire council as homeless, and was given a flat in one of the prettiest seaside towns in Wales. Then he started disappearing for months at a time. A council fraud officer got suspicious, dug into the records, and found a Spanish address going back to 2001. The DWP's Abroad Fraud Team took it from there - and Spanish officials found a property registered in his name near Marbella. Anyone with assets over the threshold does not qualify for the benefits he had been drawing for years. Also in this episode: a twelve-year-old with Down's syndrome who found her sport on the back of a riding-school pony and ended up competing at a national dressage championship; a baseball coach filmed sprinting, batting and throwing on a field named after him, while claiming he could not lift his arms; and the new law that made subletting a council flat a criminal offence. CHAPTERS 00:00 Sun, sand and a benefits claim 02:21 Homeless in Tenby, a villa near Marbella 12:34 A pony, a competition, and a girl who refused to be left behind 26:07 The baseball coach who "couldn't lift his arms" 34:24 Subletting a council flat: three weeks inside 38:38 Sell the villa: the confiscation order Saints and Scroungers follows the fraud investigators, council teams and HMRC officers tracking down the people stealing from the public purse - and meets the people who genuinely need that money, and the charities fighting to get it to them. Saints and Scroungers, Series 6 Episode 8. Originally broadcast on BBC One. #SaintsAndScroungers #BenefitFraud #TrueCrimeUK #FullEpisode #TheRealFiles