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flag Samantha Cookes sentenced to 3 years for defrauding Irish welfare by faking Huntington’s Disease.

flag Samantha Cookes, 36, has been sentenced to three years in prison for defrauding the Irish social welfare system by falsely claiming she had Huntington’s Disease, totaling over €60,000. flag This is her fifth conviction for similar crimes, including posing as a psychologist and defrauding a children's trip to Lapland. flag Cookes pleaded guilty to deception and theft charges, and the final year of her sentence is suspended for treatment upon release.

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