Couple jailed for fraudulently claiming more than €114,000 in social welfare while husband worked under false identity

Dorina Turbat (41) applied for job seeker’s allowance, the working family payment and rent supplement to which she was not entitledShe was extradited back to Ireland on foot of a European Arrest warrantHer husband, Cristan Turbat (39), worked for a construction company under his brother-in-law’s name

Cristan Turbat and his wife Dorina Turbat (Pic: Collins Courts)

A couple have each been jailed for 18 months after fraudulently claiming more than €114,000 in social welfare payments by falsely claiming that the husband was not working.

Cristan Turbat (39) worked for a construction company under his brother-in-law’s name while his wife Dorina Turbat (41) applied for job seeker’s allowance after claiming that her husband was out of work.