Benefit claimants with Bentleys, second homes, yachts
Bentleys, 42ft yachts and restored farmhouses in France are not generally considered to be the hallmarks of life on benefits in Britain today.
Yet BBC Panorama has tracked down claimants leading double lives.
One man claims benefits for his rent on a council flat in Croydon yet was discovered living in Devon and running a village pub - commuting between the two in a Bentley.
Another man, claiming incapacity benefit for a bad back, told an undercover reporter about his trans-Atlantic sailing trip from South Carolina to the Azores on his yacht and his work in restoring a farmhouse in Normandy.
Experts estimate that ?4bn of taxpayers' money is being lost to benefit fraud, tax credit fraud and social housing scams in the UK each year.
Overall, government is losing an estimated ?22bn to fraud and error across all departments.
Croydon Council is also investigating the benefit claims of Stephen Sussams. Mr Sussams, 58, had his incapacity benefit stopped two years ago, but did not tell the council, which continued to cover most of the rent and council tax on his council flat as a result.
Investigators found that Mr Sussams appears to be leading a double life - one in a council flat in London and the other as a pub landlord in the village of Kingswear in Devon.
When Panorama found him he was driving a Bentley and told an undercover reporter that he had been living in the village for two and a half years.
When asked by the BBC about his council flat and benefit claim Mr Sussams said he could not discuss it because of Croydon Council's ongoing investigation.
Richard Bilton presents Panorama: Britain on the Fiddle
Benefit crackdown why panorama has to do the dirty job?..
Our Govt investigators are sitting on there?s backside getting high wages doing nothing, personally they should also be investigated.
be a lot more stuff hidden that wasnt included 
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