The former restaurant director said he now works as a taxi driver in Germany.
The defendant was due to answer eight charges of fraud at Birmingham Magistrates Court
West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster criticised the flat-rate model adopted by the Government for allocating the money to forces.
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