DWP warning as your bank account and social media could be checked | Personal Finance | Finance

Investigators are, however, permitted to gather various types of evidence to build a picture of someone’s life and see if benefit fraud is taking place.

This can include financial data such as bank statements, audio recordings, photographs, videos and interviews with a person or people they know.

Investigators also have powers to check a person’s social media accounts such as their Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

This is because social media can often provide a bigger picture of someone’s life, including the events they’ve attended, location check-ins and other evidence which could be useful to them.