27 December, 2004
Speculate to accumulate
NØ2IDAnother titbit about UK identity cards:
Supporters of the cards, including the new Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, frequently allege that:
Some £50 million a year is claimed illegally from the benefits systems using false identities.
Yet Peter Lilly MP, quoted in
El Reg has calculated that in order to defeat £50 million of fraud, the Department of Work and Pensions would need to install terminals costing at least £1 billion i.e. they'd break even in a mere twenty years.
Posted by Ministry at 18:34
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