Dorina Turbat (41) applied for job seeker’s allowance, the working family payment and rent supplement to which she was not entitledShe was extradited back to Ireland on foot of a European Arrest warrantHer husband, Cristan Turbat (39), worked for a construction company under his brother-in-law’s name

Cristan Turbat and his wife Dorina Turbat (Pic: Collins Courts)
A couple have each been jailed for 18 months after fraudulently claiming more than €114,000 in social welfare payments by falsely claiming that the husband was not working.
Cristan Turbat (39) worked for a construction company under his brother-in-law’s name while his wife Dorina Turbat (41) applied for job seeker’s allowance after claiming that her husband was out of work.