Deaf bank worker in £22K signing grant fraud

Dominic Olanya leaving Croydon Crown Court
Tony Palmer14 January 2020
WEST END FINAL

Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.

A deaf Lloyds Bank apprentice pocketed £22,700 in public funds meant for sign language services, a court heard.

Dominic Olanya, 32, was given a Department for Work and Pensions Access to Work grant to help him in his job.

But Olanya, above, of Hammersmith, did not pay for the sign language interpreters and instead spent the money on Apple products and his daily living, Croydon crown court was told.

Olanya admitted benefit fraud and was sentenced last week to eight months in prison suspended for 18 months.

Judge Elizabeth Smaller also ordered him to complete 50 hours of community service and pay the DWP £500 compensation.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in