Woman jailed for €27,000 rent supplement fraud

Sandra Kavanagh, aged 40, with an address at Kildonan Road, Finglas West, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to four sample counts of making a gain by deception by receiving payments of rent supplement on dates between September 24, 2015 and June 7, 2018. Picture: Collins

A woman who received €27,000 in rent supplements for an address she had vacated years earlier has been jailed for ten months.

Sandra Kavanagh, aged 40, with an address at Kildonan Road, Finglas West, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to four sample counts of making a gain by deception by receiving payments of rent supplement on dates between September 24, 2015 and June 7, 2018.