5 d. ago The Samantha Cookes story: Inside the mind of a pathological liar

Living in Ireland for a decade, the compulsive liar - now in prison for social welfare fraud - deceived almost everyone she met

Politics

2 w. ago Samantha Cookes jailed for three years for 'carefully orchestrated' social welfare fraud

Cookes pleaded guilty to stealing over €60,000 from the Department of Social Protection after falsely claiming she had Huntington’s disease.

Events

2 w. ago Samantha Cookes jailed for three years for ‘deliberate fraud’ over protracted period

Judge Ronan Munro said the 36-year-old carried out a ‘carefully orchestrated plan’ to take money from the State

Events

2 w. ago Serial fraudster jailed for three years for ‘deliberate fraud’ over protracted period

Judge Ronan Munro said the 36-year-old carried out a ‘carefully orchestrated plan’ to take money from the State

Events

3 w. ago Investigators found 6,000 cases of suspected welfare fraud last year

Data covering a six-year period shows suspected fraud arises most frequently in jobseekers claims

Economics

4 w. ago Pakistani man used fake Afghan passport for sham asylum claim and €43,000 welfare fraud

Faizal Akbar (60) Benburb Street, Dublin 7 produced a false Afghan passport to the social welfare department, and until 2019, he received €43,715 in claims paid into his bank account.

Economics