A teacher who faked two pregnancies and wore a “fake bump” to school in a fraud that cost the State almost €60,000 has received a suspended sentence for what a judge called “an extraordinary case” after spending the last four months in custody.
Eimear Carroll, aged 43, of Hillside, Seffin, Birr, Co Offaly, had pleaded guilty to fraudulently claiming maternity-related payments from the Department of Education and the Department of Social Protection for two pregnancies which never occurred as well as creating false documents.
At a sitting of Tullamore Circuit Criminal Court, Judge Keenan Johnson sentenced Carroll to five years in prison but suspended the term after taking into account that she had chosen to remain in custody in relation to the charges since 1 February this year.
While describing it as quite an extraordinary case, Judge Johnson remarked that it was “a fraud that would…
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Refusal to take leave: Afraid someone will find their “adjustments.”
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Working odd hours: Preferring to work alone late at night when no one is watching the system.
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