Ireland Named in reporting
Donald O'Callaghan
4 reports across 1 case, 15 Feb 2022 to 17 Feb 2022
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Offences
- Fraud (social welfare fraud)
- Where
- Co. Cork
- Reporting
- 4 reports, 15 Feb 2022 to 17 Feb 2022
- Outlets
- extra.ie, irishtimes.com, rte.ie
Cases
latest first- Man sentenced for 33-year social welfare fraud in Cork Fraud (social welfare fraud) · Co. Cork
Don O'Callaghan, 59, of Churchfield, Cork, claimed pension payments totalling €527,000 in the names of his deceased parents, Donald (died 1987) and Eileen (died 1979), over a 33-year period from 1987 to 2020. The fraud was uncovered in July 2020 when a Centenarian Bounty was offered for his father, who would have turned 100. He was arrested on 9 October 2020 following a surveillance operation at the GPO in Cork and pleaded guilty to 73 charges of theft and forgery. He was sentenced at Cork Circuit Criminal Court in February 2022 to four-and-a-half years in prison with the final year suspended.
Sentenced, 16 Feb 2022Victim · 4 reports
Timeline
every report naming Donald O'Callaghan, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 17 Feb2022Man who claimed his dead parents' pensions for 33 years is jailed - Extra.ievictim, Donald O'Callaghan Sr, male, irish (judged from name)Donald O'Callaghan Sr
- 16 Feb2022Man jailed for claiming dead parents’ pensions for 33 yearsvictim, Donald O'Callaghan, male, irish (judged from name)Donald O'Callaghan
- 16 Feb2022Man jailed after claiming dead parents' pensionsvictim, Donald, male, irish (judged from name)Donald
- 15 Feb2022Sentencing adjourned on 'longest running' welfare fraudvictim, Donald O'Callaghan, male, irish (judged from name)Donald O'Callaghan
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