For friends and neighbors Peter and Suzie Campbell Dwyer appeared to be well on their way to their first million.
But the facade has collapsed after it was revealed they were actually a couple of fraudulent providers who funded their lavish lifestyle, with nearly 140,000 pounds of taxpayers' money.
For over a decade, the couple lied to the authorities for a string of benefits to which they were not entitled to - despite the fact that BMW Driving Campbell earned up to £ 70,000 per year to manage its own affairs electronics.
Last night they were behind bars after a judge jailed them for 16 months each saying that the public would be staggered by their dishonesty.
Their complex fraud began in 1999 when Campbell, 34, moved her partner and child in his house in Knowsley Village, Merseyside.
Although they live together as a couple, Dwyer, 36, has continued to make false claims stating that she was a single mother.
The couple also said Campbell, a member of the golf club, was the owner of Dwyer when he would receive housing allowances.
The couple went on to have two children together before their fraud was finally discovered.
At Liverpool Crown Court, Judge Bryn Holloway told them: "People will be staggered to learn of the magnitude and duration of your dishonesty.
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