'Shopaholic' jailed for fraud of almost €100k

A ‘shopaholic’ who continued to falsely claim State benefits while her case for defrauding almost €100,000 from her employer was going through the courts has been jailed for one year.

'Shopaholic' jailed for fraud of almost €100k

A ‘shopaholic’ who continued to falsely claim State benefits while her case for defrauding almost €100,000 from her employer was going through the courts has been jailed for one year.

Lynn Byrne (aged 24) from Killinarden Estate, Tallaght was jailed for what Judge Katherine Delahunt described as her "systematic, flagrant campaign to defraud the social welfare system".

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