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Marathon man admits benefit fraud
A man who was caught training for a marathon while receiving almost £23,000 in disability allowances has admitted benefit fraud.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...de/4762992.stm
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I heard on the radio they checked all the race results online and found his name in results going back years. The perils of the internet
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This made it on to Scott Douglas's web site in the USA!
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