Council investigators have recovered over £350,000 in counter fraud operations across Angus.
The sums include housing benefit and council tax overpayments, with inquiries also extending to illegal use of blue badges for disabled parking.
A successful data matching programme to weed out people falsely claiming single person council tax discount also reaped dividends.
Council chiefs have pledged to keep the pressure on fraudulent claimants after a transition year which saw the local authority alter the role of its in-house counter fraud squad.
The scrutiny and audit committee heard almost 600 fraud referrals were received leading to 588 case closures.
Housing and council tax overpayments totalling £189,116 were identified as well as Department for Work and Pensions overpayments of £34,214.
Corporate fraud inquiries also led to the recovery of two tenancies in 2014/15 compared to one the previous year and the surrender of a blue badge for parking, leading to the dismissal of an employee, according to the council.
Governance and security officer Janet Hutchison reported: “The Single Fraud Investigation Service was set up in 2014 to bring together welfare benefit fraud investigations previously undertaken by the DWP, local authorities and HMRC.
“Responsibility for investigating allegations of housing benefit fraud in Angus also transferred to the DWP in May this year and the changes led the local authority to retain a counter fraud team in-house.
“Its remit also extends to non-benefit fraud areas such as council tax reduction, discounts and exemptions and tenancy irregularities.”
The council team also collaborates with other local authorities and the National Anti Fraud Network.
The officer also revealed the success of the data matching programme which connects single person council tax discount to the electoral roll.
“The Audit Commission estimate that 4-6% of all single person discount claims are fraudulent,” added the report.
“The CFT carried out a pro-active initiative in order to identify council tax fraud and incorrectness and also to improve the integrity of the council’s records.”