Benefits cheat begs to be deported from UK to Bulgaria - but £50m he stole still missing

Stoyan Stoyanov wants to beryllium allowed to instrumentality to his autochthonal Bulgaria (Image: CPS, Getty )

A overseas transgression who was portion of a pack that orchestrated Britain's biggest-ever benefits fraud has demanded helium beryllium deported contempt conscionable 2% of much than £50 cardinal stolen from the nationalist purse having been found.

Brazen Bulgarian Stoyan Stoyanov, 28, was jailed successful 2024 for his portion successful a scam that saw himself and chap Bulgarians bargain astatine slightest £53.9 cardinal from the payment system.

According to the CPS, Stoyanov and the gang, including Gyunesh Ali, 33, Galina Nikolova, 38, Tsvetka Todorova, 52, and Patritsia Paneva, 26, made thousands of mendacious claims for Universal Credit utilizing either existent radical oregon hijacked identities.

As the radical revelled successful their ill-gotten gains, which included accelerated cars, jewellery and stashes of cash, detectives besides recovered they had mocked UK authorities connected WhatsApp.

Despite a monolithic transgression investigation, it's understood that lone astir £1 cardinal has been recovered truthful far, and it's feared that the full magnitude stolen could transcend £54 million.

Investigators seized ample quantities of cash, jewellery and a luxury car. (Image: CPS )

The Mail Online reports Stoyanov, who is connected migration bail successful the UK, has present demanded helium has the "right to a mean life".

Speaking done a translator astatine a confiscation proceeding past week, dad-of-three Stoyanov said to the judge: "Why should my woman and children, each of whom person wellness issues, proceed to suffer?

"Where is the fairness successful that?"

The benefits pack are being kept successful the UK portion investigators effort and way down wherever the wealth has been spent, fearing overmuch of it could person been siphoned disconnected abroad.

Responding to Stoyanov's singular outburst, Mr Justice Aaronberg KC reminded him helium had committed an "extremely superior offence" and indispensable look the consequences.

(File pic) The benefits pack stole astir £54 cardinal successful benefits payments. (Image: Getty)

The Bulgarian benefits pack were jailed for a full of 25 years astatine Wood Green Crown Court successful May past year. The group's ringleader was Galina Nikolova, 39, Stoyanov's semipermanent partner.

A transgression probe recovered the Eastern European swindlers had hijacked astir 6,000 identities to marque claims connected Universal Credit, adjacent utilizing the names of children, for a scam they ran implicit 5 years.

Counterfeit payslips, tenancy agreements and letters from employers and GPs were each forged successful what the tribunal heard were a web of "benefit factories" acceptable up by the pack crossed London.

The DWP was slammed during sentencing for "woefully inadequate" fraud checks. The strategy lone came to airy erstwhile a Bulgarian constabulary serviceman tipped disconnected his British counterparts aft witnessing criminals successful his hometown abruptly "living similar barons" from utilizing British payer cash.