Iraqi asylum cheat who got £700,000 in benefits, three houses and private school for her son

Jailed for three years: Iraqi asylum seeker Mahira Rustam Al-Azawi used a series of false identities to milk Britain's lax benefit system over eight years

An asylum seeker bought three homes and sent her son to a fee-paying school by illegally claiming more than £700,000 in benefits, a court heard.
Mahira Rustam Al-Azawi, 49, used a series of false identities to milk Britain's lax benefit system over eight years.
Although she never worked, she was able to purchase three properties - two of which she rented out - worth in excess of £1million.
Her 18-year-old son was educated at Colfe's School, in South-East London, where fees are currently £4,164 a term.
The fraud was uncovered only when Al-Azawi, from Iraq, successfully applied for a student loan to study civil engineering at Greenwich University.
When police raided her £800,000 detached home in Bromley, they found an 'Aladdin's cave' of false documents, including a selection of passports, identity papers and driving licences.
She had converted the garage into an office and described herself to neighbours as an 'internet entrepreneur'.
During her trial at Croydon Crown Court, it emerged that she had claimed for income support, housing and council tax benefits in her own name, as well as those of her cousin and mother.
She also obtained two mortgages by claiming she was a self-employed businesswoman.
Judge Stephen Waller jailed Al-Azawi for three years after she was found guilty of 13 offences of benefit fraud, forgery and the

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