A French music teacher who rented a Dublin penthouse apartment with its own private swimming pool had dual identities so he could work and claim social welfare, a court has heard. He got a PPS number using his real name a year later and between March 2011 and May 2012 claimed social welfare payments under both aliases. Garda Ian Abbey told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that the penthouse Daudet shared with his husband and occasional Airbnb guests was rented at €3,000 a month. He was found guilty of 720 further charges of fraudulently claiming social welfare payments from August 2002 to August 2015. The photograph and birth date the Department had on file for Alexander Daude matched the same LinkedIn details for music teacher Daniel Daudet.

Source: The Irish Times January 17, 2018 17:48 UTC