A woman has been charged in Dublin and Wexford with using false medical reports and faking her own death to live under a new name after a “complex” investigation, reports RTE.
Amy McCauley, 33, from Connagh, Fethard-on-Sea, Co. With an address in Wexford, he appeared before Judge Brian Smith at Dublin District Court on Saturday
She faces seven charges and claims she recorded the date of death as December 26, 2022 and received a death certificate with the Irish and English versions of her name.
She is charged with one count of theft and six counts of using a counterfeit tool.
She is accused of using a fake death notice on behalf of Amy Nick Amhlaoive on 19 January 2023 at Wexford County Council and at the Civil Registration Office, Mill Yard Lane, Enniscorthy, Wexford.
She allegedly used a fake Panda recycling receipt from a business in Three Ireland, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay on 16 July 2020 and stole nine mobile phones worth €3,199 from a telephone company on the same day.
She is accused of using a falsified medical report from Rotunda Hospital on November 23 last year.
Garda Detective Des Rogers testified that he arrested Ms McCauley in Fethard-on-Sea at 8.30am on Friday. She was taken to Pearse Street station in Dublin and detained.
He said: “She made no reply to each charge after caution,” reports RTE.
Garda Detective Rogers objected to bail due to the potential risk of absconding
The court heard the death certificate, there was also a death notice.
The judge heard claims that she had also been declared dead by the Irish version of her first name, had married and moved to Wexford, living under a different name.
Garda Detective Rogers said during a bail hearing that Ms McCauley had been charged with using forged documents.
The court heard that she used a different name and contacted various agencies as her sister about the death.
Garda Detective Rogers expected “more serious charges”, reports RTE.
Defense attorney Conor McGreevy has filed for bail and told the court that his client has a young child.
However, he noted that Ms McCauley had turned in her travel documents and promised not to seek a replacement.
Judge Smith released bail with €500 bail and ordered Ms McCauley, who had not yet filed charges, to report to her local police station daily, provide police with a contact telephone number, notify them of changes of address, and promise not to apply for new travel documents.
She is due to appear again on July 6 at the direction of the Director of Public Prosecutions, reports RTE.
Legal assistance was provided.
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