Fines of €100,000 or jail for insurance fraud

Insurance fraud is now punishable with fines of up to €100,000, and/or prison for up to ten years, warns Detective Sergeant Alan Govern of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau.

Detective Sergeant Govern told the annual Insurance Conference, hosted by Ronan Daly Jermyn (RDJ) in Westin Hotel Dublin, that the Gardaí are working closely with the insurance industry to investigate people giving false or misleading evidence or verifying affidavits.