Husband and wife Laura and Philip Borrell, and Mrs Borrell’s mother, Frances Noble, convinced Hertfordshire County Council that Ms Noble, 66, had a brain disorder and needed a care package.
Three members of a family have been convicted of fraud after swindling a local authority out of £734,000 by faking a neurological condition to claim a care package for 12 years.
Husband and wife Laura and Philip Borrell – who once appeared on This Morning to discuss dementia – along with Mrs Borrell’s mother, Frances Noble, conspired to commit fraud by convincing Hertfordshire County Council that Ms Noble, 66, had a brain disorder.
The trio, from the village of Weston, near Hitchin, succeeded in accessing a ‘direct payments care package’ worth £733,936.20 from the council between August 1, 2005 and November 30, 2018, according to The Comet.
It is believed to be one of the largest frauds ever committed against a local authority.