Ali Bana Mohamed drafted in relatives and friends to submit bogus claims in around 70 different names over a nine-year period.
The ringleader, 40, even hijacked real people’s identities to carry out the scheme targeting the tax credit and child benefit system.
He raked in £1,766,594.87 in total using 188 fictitious children, which he kept track of in detailed notebooks containing bank details for each kid.
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