Woman flew Spain to Cork in €6k fraud

A woman flew from Malaga to Cork a number of times to sign on for social welfare over a six-month period, fraudulently claiming a total of over €6,000.

Michelle Lunnon, aged 30, of Ballinglanna, Clonakilty, Co Cork, was living in Spain at the time she claimed the social welfare in Cork between May 2 and November 7, 2013.

Detective Garda Stephen Fuller formally arrested and charged Lunnon at Cork District Court yesterday with 28 counts of theft.