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NEWS: Man jailed after claiming dead parents’ pension for 33 years in longest-running social welfare fraud in history of the State

By Elizabeth Hearst for AMLi

An Irish man who claimed pension payments for his dead parents over 33 years has been jailed for three and a half years, in the longest-running social welfare fraud in the history of the State. 

Don O’Callaghan is believed to have received close to €500,000 in social welfare on behalf of his parents over 33 years. He was at one point receiving €700 per week in social welfare payments from the State. 

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