Bulgarian woman repays fraction of £54m benefits fraud

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 29 Sept, 18:02 · Archive

A member of Britain's largest benefits fraud ring has repaid just £18,000 of a £101,000 confiscation order.

Tsvetka Todorova, 54, was part of a gang that defrauded the UK of £54 million through false benefit claims. She was sentenced to three years in prison in May 2024 and released in late 2025. A confiscation order in January required her to repay £101,201.78, but she has paid only £18,228.14.

How it is being reported

• Britain's biggest benefits fraudster who stole £54 MILLION ordered to pay back just £18kGB News · 29 Sept, 11:32
• Bulgarian woman who stole £54m in UK's biggest benefit fraud pays back just £18,000Daily Mail · 28 Sept, 23:59

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