Ukrainerin flog sechs Monate lang alle zwei Wochen nach Irland, um Sozialhilfe zu erhalten

A Ukrainian woman has been jailed for traveling to Ireland every two weeks for six months to claim social welfare payments despite never residing in the country. Tetiana Stakhiv, 51, admitted to stealing €9,103 from the Department of Social Protection between October 2025 and April 2026. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Stakhiv had previously received treatment for a serious medical condition in Ireland. However, after the outbreak of war in Ukraine, this care became unavailable, prompting her to buy medication on the black market. Garda Louise Keane stated that Stakhiv was not living in Ireland and had been traveling between Dublin and Poland to collect jobseeker’s allowance payments. Court documents showed that Stakhiv had provided false addresses to the Department of Social Protection. Her travel patterns matched flight records between Dublin and Poland, and her passport details aligned with these movements. Stakhiv was arrested in May and claimed she had come to Ireland to retrieve her underage daughter and return to Ukraine. Defending lawyer Jennifer Jackson argued that Stakhiv was impacted by the war in Ukraine and had no financial means or connections in Ireland. Judge Martin Nolan described the offense as a "thought-out crime," though he acknowledged the circumstances surrounding her actions. He handed down a 10-month prison sentence, backdated to May 25, when Stakhiv entered custody.