Handwriting to help Govt catch gangs behind mass-scale benefit fraud

Artificial intelligence will be used to clamp down on fraudsters claiming millions of pounds of bogus benefit payments.The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) said its new state-of-the-art algorithms can detect a number of identity cloning techniques which have been commonly used by organised criminal gangs committing mass-scale benefit fraud.The DWP says it has extensively trialled the technology, which will scan across the benefit system, including Universal Credit, Jobseeker's Allowance and