"A Nigerian man who claimed to be a Zimbabwean national for 21 years and claimed over €145,000 in social welfare payments has been given a suspended sentence."
"Christopher Oshodin (48) of Kildare Road, Crumlin, Dublin, pleaded guilty to theft and dishonestly inducing an employee of the Department of Social Protection (DSP) to do an act to make a gain."
Christopher Oshodin, aged 48 and living on Kildare Road in Crumlin, Dublin, falsely presented himself as a Zimbabwean national for 21 years. During that period he obtained more than €145,000 in social welfare payments. Oshodin pleaded guilty to theft and to dishonestly inducing an employee of the Department of Social Protection to perform an act that would result in a gain. The legal outcome was a suspended sentence. The case centers on false nationality claims used to secure state welfare benefits from the Department of Social Protection.
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