Presenter admits benefit fraud

26 June 2012 Last updated at 06:24 ET

Dan Penteado admitted receiving housing and council tax benefit while at the BBC

A presenter on the BBC consumer affairs programme Rogue Traders has admitted illegally claiming housing and council tax benefits totalling £24,000.

Dan Penteado, 40, from Westbourne, Bournemouth, admitted eight offences of dishonestly or knowingly claiming housing and council tax benefits.

Bournemouth Magistrates' Court heard he failed to declare his BBC earnings.

Penteado has been the motorbike-riding on-screen sidekick of Rogue Traders star Matt Allwright since 2001.

He was warned he could face jail and was granted bail while a pre-sentence report is prepared.

The case was adjourned until 17 July.