Jail for Tipperary dentist who 'brought utter ruination on himself' by defrauding HSE

A Tipperary dentist who “brought utter ruination on himself” by defrauding the HSE of €58,000 over a 17-year period has been jailed for one year and ordered to pay €100,000.

Jerome Kiely, aged 47, of Acraboy House, Monard, Co Tipperary pleaded guilty last November at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to one sample count of dishonestly inducing the HSE to provide a payment of €326 for dentures on May 12, 2015.

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