2018-04-11
Ghanaian man jailed for €60k social welfare fraud
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Passing sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today, Judge Martin Nolan described Peprah as "a man of energy, industry and ability". He said it was impossible to make the social welfare system "fraud-proof" and that Peprah had "spotted an opportunity" and defrauded the State for three years "by intelligence and duplicity". "It may be easy done at times, but when you're caught, you pay a price," warned Judge Nolan, who set the headline sentence in the case at four years.