Man bought fake no claims bonus for car insurance on Facebook, Cork court told

Judge Joanne Carroll said that the offence was 'a terrible deception'

The court heard that the defendant submitted the false document to Axa Insurance as part of an application for motor insurance in April 2023. File picture

A Brazilian man who was trying to secure car insurance in Ireland purchased a fake no claims bonus from a Facebook page which he submitted to the insurance company, a district court in Cork has heard.

Court presenter Sergeant Eimear O’Connell told Bandon District Court that Claudio Rodrigues Pereira, aged 47 of Emmet Row, Bandon, Co Cork, submitted the false document to Axa Insurance as part of an application for motor insurance in April 2023.