A benefits fraudster who orchestrated an elaborate scheme, faking the identities of nearly 200 children to siphon public money, has been ordered to repay over £2 million or face a nine-year prison sentence, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
Ali Bana Mohamed, 42, hailing from Hulme in Manchester, was initially incarcerated in 2022 for spearheading a ten-year-long scam that defrauded taxpayers of at least £1.7 million.