Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted, accused

Born

Between November 1975 and November 1976, from the ages reported

Nationality

Nigerian, as stated in a report

Offences

Fraud (conspiracy to defraud the state of PUP payments); possession of false passports; possession of false bank statements

Where

Co. Cork

Reporting

5 reports, 1 Nov 2021 to 10 Nov 2021

Outlets

irishtimes.com, rte.ie, gript.ie, corkbeo.ie

Photographs

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• Two Nigerian men sentenced over PUP fraud in Cork Fraud (conspiracy to defraud the state of PUP payments); possession of false passports; possession of false bank statements · Co. Cork

  Two Nigerian men, Oluwagbewikeke Lewis, 36, and Bashiru Aderibigbe, 45, were sentenced at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on 10 November 2021 for conspiring to defraud the state of over €180,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Payments. Between April and December 2020, the pair used stolen PPS numbers of 74 HSE and Tusla employees, obtained through a data breach and a fake jury service email, to make 121 fraudulent PUP applications totalling €183,491 across 57 bank accounts. The fraud came to Garda attention in November 2020 when Lewis's car was stopped in Midleton, Co Cork, and false passports and bank statements were found. Both men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and Lewis to additional counts of possessing false passports and bank statements on 1 November 2021. Lewis was sentenced to three years and Aderibigbe to two-and-a-half years.

  Sentenced, 10 Nov 2021Convicted, accused · 5 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 10 Nov2021
   Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Two Nigerian men sentenced over PUP fraud in Cork

   Two men jailed over €180,000 Pandemic Unemployment Payment fraud

   accused, Bashiru Aderibigbe, 45, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Bashiru Aderibigbe♂45
2. 10 Nov2021
   Sentencedrte.ie, in Two Nigerian men sentenced over PUP fraud in Cork

   Two sentenced over PUP fraud charges

   convicted, Bashiru Aderibigbe, 45, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Bashiru Aderibigbe♂45
3. 2 Nov2021
   In courtgript.ie, in Two Nigerian men sentenced over PUP fraud in Cork

   Nigerian refugee in Cork discussed laundering of €1 million during PUP fraud - Gript

   accused, Bashiru Aderibigbe, male, Nigerian, named, non-irishBashiru Aderibigbe♂NG
4. 2 Nov2021
   In courtcorkbeo.ie, in Two Nigerian men sentenced over PUP fraud in Cork

   Men plead guilty in Cork Court to €150k PUP scam

   accused, Bashiru Aderibige, 45, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Bashiru Aderibige♂45
5. 1 Nov2021
   In courtrte.ie, in Two Nigerian men sentenced over PUP fraud in Cork

   Two men plead guilty over PUP fraud

   accused, Bashiru Aderibigbe, 45, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Bashiru Aderibigbe♂45

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