2017-06-30
Community service for woman over benefits fraud of €31k
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Credit: Collins) By Sonya McLean and Fiona Ferguson A woman who defrauded the State of over €31,000 by claiming social welfare she was not entitled to has been ordered to perform 240 hours community service in lieu of a prison sentence. Judge Greally imposed 240 hours community service in lieu of 12 months imprisonment on the first count and imposed two year suspended sentences on the remaining counts.