Blue badge fraud in Herefordshire up by nearly fifth
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Blue badge fraud across Herefordshire soared by nearly 20 per cent - with some being altered and others belonging to people who had died still in use.
There were 64 cases of misuse in 2022, up from 54 the year before, a report by the council's counter-fraud manager Jonathan Nelson said.
It led to six prosecutions, 37 penalty notices, 21 written warnings and the badges were seized in all cases.
Badges are issued by councils at a charge of £10 and last three years.
Cases of drivers using someone else's permit had fallen, but numbers of expired ones still in use had grown, the .
Three cases involved badges belonging to "deceased users" while two more concerned "fictitious or altered" badges.
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