Woman who won 'lifetime income' in prize draw forced to repay €17,000 in dole money
Sunday, September 25, 2016 @ 6:35 PM
A WOMAN who won a competition where the prize was an after-tax €1,200 monthly salary for the rest of her life has been forced to refund over €17,000 in dole money over a total of four years during which she was out of work.
The woman had registered for unemployment benefits payable for jobseekers aged 52 and over and received these between March 2011 and July 2014.
Her appeal against the initial verdict has now been turned down by the regional high court of the Balearic Islands, where she lives, but she is expected to continue to fight it through the Spanish legal system.
The defendant is calling for the amount refunded to be reduced to three months rather than four years, based upon the 'excessive and unreasonable delays' in investigating her case.
Also, she stresses that she has never tried to hide her income, but explained the situation in full when signing on at the dole office.
And she has always filed correct tax returns which clearly set out the source of her income.
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