Man posed as pal to claim allowance
Krzysztof Budzik, with an address at 54 The Jolly Mariner apartments, Athlone, appeared at Athlone District Court yesterday on theft charges and the fraudulent collection of €8,312.50 of Jobseeker’s Allowance from the Department of Social Protection.
He was accused of making the collections between April 7 of last year and March 1 of this year, by posing as another Polish man, Tomasz Julga, who had returned to Poland.
