Woman jailed after posting pictures of herself in Ibiza

The rise of social media has also been a game changer in the tracking of benefits claimants. In the UK in 2019, a woman was jailed after she was jailed for five months after pictures of her partying in Ibiza emerged on social media. She had previously sued the NHS for £2.5 million, after surviving a botched operation. She had argued the operation had left her disabled and the “shadow of a former self” but judges argued that the pictures suggested otherwise.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6898069/Jail-mother-2-5m-NHS-claim-op-said-left-severely-disabled-exposed.html

Author: Joel Adams

Publication: Daily Mail