Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- A man has been jailed for stealing the identities of family members and friends to make more than £172,000 in fraudulent benefit claims in the United Kingdom..

Atikur Rahman, 34, used 26 different identities to submit more than 40 false claims to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Birmingham Mail reports.

News outlet Dazzling Dawn, run by Bangladeshi expatriates living in the UK, has identified the man as Bangladeshi.

Atikur used false company and employment details to obtain payments for Universal Credit, Maternity Allowance, tax credits, and Child Benefit.

He also attempted to obtain more than £62,000 through 20 fraudulent registrations under the government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme, introd...