CITY RESIDENT GETS 5 MONTHS FOR SOCIAL WELFARE FRAUD

Date Published: 07-Feb-2012

A 46-year-old Polish man with a city address who claimed over €10,000 in social welfare payments while holding down two jobs using a false identity and PPS number, has been sentenced to five months in prison.

Ivan Pantskhava, of 55 Bun an Cnoic, Rahoon pleaded guilty before Galway District Court to five charges of fraudulently claiming unemployment benefit from the Department of Social Welfare on various dates between 2007 and 2009 while working.