A woman who stole nearly €140,000 in fraudulent social welfare payments was caught after suspicious officials arranged for her to have her Public Services Card photograph taken. Garda Ian Abbey told Diarmuid Collins BL, prosecuting, that Redmond had two PPS numbers in two different names, including her maiden name, Delaney. The court heard Redmond, a mother-of-four, was eligible for an invalidity pension when she first claimed it in 1995. The court heard that officials in the department became suspicious that Redmond and Delaney were the same person and an investigation began. She said she knew it was wrong to apply for a second PPS number, but said a lot of people she knew were working and collecting social welfare.

Source: The Irish Times January 23, 2018 16:41 UTC