Wheels fall off motorbike boss’ CSA scam
The boss of a Berkshire based motorbike business has admitted fraud when he neglected to hand over cash to the Child Support Agency that had been taken from one of his employees.
Simon Roberts, who was the director for SR Motorcycles based in Reading, was legally bound to pay the money to the CSA, which had been deducted from the salary of one of his employees via a DEO.
When the man in question left the company, he discovered that the cash had not been passed on to support his daughter. He then contacted the CSA, who launched an investigation.
As part of the proceedings, the Agency interviewed Roberts, 47, and he admitted that he had kept £1,000 to bear up his failing motorcycle business.
However, it turns out that his crime was in vain, as he could no longer support his business and it went into insolvency in September.
A spokesperson for the CSA stated:
“Tens of thousands of children depend on regular maintenance payments deducted from salaries.”
“Unscrupulous employers who deduct the money, then keep it themselves are cheating both the children and their parents.”
This is the latest in a run of successful prosecutions of unscrupulous employers by the Child Support Agency, with the recent case of Barbara Heath of Auntie’s Homemade Cakes, in Devon, who siphoned off more than £4,000 destined for the Agency, being the most notable.
On September 1st, Roberts was ordered by Reading Magistrates Court to pay £1,000 compensation to his former employee, along with costs of £100. He was also handed down a sentence of 100 hours’ community service.
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excellent! but shame the CSA still steal from NRP's as much as these dodgy employers who are screwing the NRP. The CSA are complete hypocrites when said and done by this evidence, either case, it still gets at the compliant NRP…
He only had to pay £1000 compensation? disgraceful.
Exactly Allan. The Child Support Agency has the legal power to instruct employers to take money from their staff before it is paid to them, and they then wonder why some employers choose to keep it.Plain stupidity. It's like asking a fox to pay you a tax in chickens. Of course it's not all going to be handed over. The CSA system is as flawed as it is corrupt.
worstof all, the CSA build up an arrears calculation before the child benefits, how is it in the interest of the child that arrears are built over a period of 5-6 months before collection then they expect immediate payment, forcing the NRP to work overtime to pay it off, the calculations then include overtime and build up on that so the NRP suffers further financially.I have a problem were arrears have been calculated and because I did not inform when I had finished or started, they say they can only adjust their calculations from the period you informed them. So the high rate of deductions are deductable even though pay slips or the recent company I was employed with refers to lower income of approx £180 per week compared to the calculations based on previous employment at £250 per week. The CSA have informed me they'll reduce the amount at the last 6 weeks, meaning they are prepared to take inaccurate calculations assessed for the previous months were I recieved £180 per week, this rounds of to approximately 4.5 months of arrears at the calculation of £250 per week. as soon as I have the qualifying evidence, my intention is to go to the police in regards to CSA's attempted theft of monies which are not due under correct calculations.It is evidence of corruption and theft by an organisation claiming themselves to be under government legislation… Theft is a breach of UK law!!! when will the government accept the truth that the CSA are theives that aspire bybreaking these two specific criminal acts; obtaining by decepton and theft?
the Child suffers during build up of arrears, how do the CSA explain their support for the childs welfare when they are unwilling to supply?The CSA do not make provisions when NRP is not paying, It is the Compliant NRP who is constantly attacked… If an NRP is not paying, there is no cover CSA payment to the children of non compliant NRP's… only compliant NRP's provide yet the CSA will prosper on the backs of Compliant NRP's not the child…The Government needs to wake up, or is it the government who enforce the illegal activities of the CSA? Is it the fact that the Government is the corrupt organisation breaking the laws of the UK?Does the government think that UK law does not apply to them?
I do think things will change Allan…not in all respects mind! Remember, it's all about the money. Apart from arrears owed to the SoS prior to the 12th April this year, there is now no financial incentive to screw you up. The CSA THEORETICALLY get no revenue now, all CM is paid out!
Although not condoning the actions of this “small” company concerned is it not once again targating the easy ones to prosequate ie why did vthe CSA not prosequte ISS let alone IBM for over £2K collected under a DEO yet not paid onto the CSA Whoops forgot they are major American Conglomerates perhaps thats the difference. By the way if anyones interested FACT unless of course my file at the CSA has suddenly gone missing????????
Going back to the original post. My ex-partner was paying through a DEO and the employer sent it in every month. Except one month the money went 'missing'. The employer has sent in copies of the cheque along with information from the bank about where it went. The CSA cannot 'find' this payment so have said that the money will just go back onto my ex-partners arrears. My guess is that the CSA have paid it to someone else in error and don't want to hold their hands up to this.They now wont speak to either myself or my ex-partner regarding this and I am having to write to the Chief Exec to see if he can sort it out.Makes you wonder how many other payments have gone astray. Its only because I have contact with my ex-partner that I knew that this payment had been made in the first place.