Ireland Named in reporting
Fiazal Akbar
Born between July 1964 and July 1965, from the ages reported. 1 report across 1 case, 3 Jul 2025 to 3 Jul 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- Between July 1964 and July 1965, from the ages reported
- Nationality
- Pakistani, as stated in a report
- Offences
- Social welfare fraud
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 1 report, 3 Jul 2025 to 3 Jul 2025
- Outlets
- gript.ie
Photographs
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Cases
latest first- Pakistani man given suspended sentence over €44,000 social welfare fraud Social welfare fraud · Co. Dublin
Fiazal Akbar, a 60-year-old Pakistani man living on Benburb Street, Dublin 7, claimed asylum on a false Afghan passport and obtained just under €44,000 in social welfare payments over 11 years. He told bank officials at AIB that his identity documents were false after he could not visit Pakistan because his fake passport had expired, and AIB alerted gardaí through a Section 19 referral. He gave voluntary statements to gardaí at the Bridewell on 15 March 2024. Judge Orla Crowe at the Circuit Criminal Court set a headline sentence of four years and imposed an actual sentence of two years suspended for four years, as reported on 3 July 2025.
Sentenced, 3 Jul 2025Convicted · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming Fiazal Akbar, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 3 Jul2025Social welfare fraudster avoids jail - Griptconvicted, Fiazal Akbar, 60, male, Pakistani, named, non-irishFiazal Akbar
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