Woman given Co Cork home fraudulently claimed €37k in emergency payments

The woman made payment claims despite already being housed in Doneraile, Co Cork.

A woman who fraudulently claimed €35,700 in emergency social welfare payments for accommodation in spite of having been given a place to live in Doneraile, Co Cork by the local authority has been remanded in custody until next month to allow a Judge time to consider her sentence.

Mother of three Justyna Jozwiak of Convent Road, Doneraile, Co Cork, pleaded guilty to multiple charges of claiming social welfare payments to which she was not entitled in respect of paying rent on a house. She also confessed to theft charges involving the fraudulent claiming of €35,700. She has paid €3000 in compensation.