X Border Covid related fraud: one benefit of UI!

Calahonda52

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2023/0301/1359607-covid-court-case-donegal/

The eight employees, all resident across the border in Derry, appeared before Buncrana District Court where they pleaded guilty to the fraud.

All of the employees living in Northern Ireland were able to claim the Covid-19 payments after they discovered they did not have to have any proof of medical intervention for their claims.

They were able to log onto a National Health Service (NHS) website and print off a certificate of self-isolation.

Dozens of the certs were then sent by the accused on various occasions between March 2020 and December 2021 to the Department of Social Protection to claim the Enhanced Illness Benefit Payment.

Leg End Reject

I'd say there's plenty more to follow.

Graces7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120303589#Comment_120303589

Unfortunately so..

mod: moved to CA/IMHO. Local Charter Applies.

redlough

The covid payments will turn out to be the biggest scam ever, nobody was checking it correctly from what I can see, if they done a full end to end analysis I would expect millions got paid out incorrectly or over payment

But they will never do that