Woman pleads guilty to assuming new identity to find work

A Moldovan woman who bought a stolen social welfare number and false passport for €600 so she could work legally in Ireland has been given a 12-month suspended sentence and 150 hours community service.

Ludmila Caraus (aged 27) of Harolds Cross Road, Harolds Cross, had been smuggled into this country illegally on a truck in April 2006. She then assumed Erika Blujute’s identity to allow her to get work, a driver’s license and open a bank account.