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Gardaí in Cork arrest and charge man for alleged PUP and social welfare fraud
The man is alleged to have claimed €8,000 in fraudulent claims spread across the PUP and social welfare system. By Niall O Connor Thursday 13 May 2021, 6:02 PM 4 hours ago 22,013 Views 0 Comments
Image: Sam Boal
Image: Sam Boal
A MAN HAS been arrested and charged for alleged social welfare fraud which involved the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment and also dole allowances.
Gardaí confirmed that the man is alleged to have made €8,000 worth of false claims across the social welfare system.
The arrest was made in Cork city by gardaí who are attached to the Department of Employment affairs and social protection.
Father avoids jail for collecting feud fearing son s social welfare
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A man who collected disability benefit for his son who couldn t leave the house due to a criminal feud continued to claim it for about a year after his son left the country, a court has heard.
On Friday, David McConnell was given a two year suspended sentence for claiming disability benefit for his son, Thomas Nicky McConnell, after his son left the jurisdiction.
McConnell dishonestly claimed the disability benefit for about a year, defrauding the state of just over €8,700, Garda Cathal Connolly told the court.
David McConnell, 76, with an address at Silloge Gardens, Ballymun, pleaded guilty to four counts of dishonestly inducing the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to issue a weekly disability payment of €203 at Ballymun post office on dates between April 10, 2019 and January 8, 2020.
Father avoids jail for collecting feud fearing son s social welfare
Reporter:
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A man who collected disability benefit for his son who couldn t leave the house due to a criminal feud continued to claim it for about a year after his son left the country, a court has heard.
On Friday, David McConnell was given a two year suspended sentence for claiming disability benefit for his son, Thomas Nicky McConnell, after his son left the jurisdiction.
McConnell dishonestly claimed the disability benefit for about a year, defrauding the state of just over €8,700, Garda Cathal Connolly told the court.
David McConnell, 76, with an address at Silloge Gardens, Ballymun, pleaded guilty to four counts of dishonestly inducing the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to issue a weekly disability payment of €203 at Ballymun post office on dates between April 10, 2019 and January 8, 2020.
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