A man told the Probation Service that he was providing for his family when he stole €185,000 in social welfare payments and that it was a victimless crime, a court has heard.
Christy Keogh, 70, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to multiple charges of social welfare fraud which were representative counts of offending that spanned two decades.
Keogh of Greenfort Crescent, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, pleaded guilty to 23 charges of stealing a total of €185,622.48 by stealing both job seeker’s allowance and disability allowance on dates between December 1996 and July 2018. He has no previous convictions.
