Ireland Crime

Named as

Accused, suspect

Offences

Fraud (Pandemic Unemployment Payment fraud)

Where

Co. Longford

Reporting

2 reports, 29 Mar 2023 to 31 Mar 2023

Outlets

leinsterexpress.ie, offalyexpress.ie

• Man sent for trial on PUP fraud charges in Longford Fraud (Pandemic Unemployment Payment fraud) · Co. Longford

  Cristiano Feitosa Vaz of Granard, Co Longford, was sent forward for trial at Longford District Court in March 2023 on 12 sample counts of alleged fraud under Section 6 of the Criminal Justice (Theft & Fraud Offences) Act 2001. The charges allege he fraudulently obtained Pandemic Unemployment Payment totalling €4,200 at Bank of Ireland, Main Street, Granard, on dates between April 14 and June 30, 2020. He was initially charged in July 2021 and was served with a book of evidence at the district court sitting, where he made no reply when the offences were put to him. Judge Bernadette Owens gave him an alibi warning and he was remanded on continuing bail to the next sessions of Longford Circuit Criminal Court on May 9, 2023.

  In court, 29 Mar 2023Accused, suspect · 2 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 31 Mar2023
   In courtleinsterexpress.ie, in Man sent for trial on PUP fraud charges in Longford

   Midlands man charged with defrauding State out of thousands of euro in Covid-19 payments

   accused, Cristiano Feitosa Vaz, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Cristiano Feitosa Vaz♂
2. 29 Mar2023
   In courtoffalyexpress.ie, in Man sent for trial on PUP fraud charges in Longford

   Man in the Midlands sent to Circuit Court on multiple PUP fraud charges

   suspect, Cristiano Feitosa Vaz, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Cristiano Feitosa Vaz♂

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