An Irish couple retiring from Brussels who had nearly €180,000 stolen from them as they bought a house in Co Meath have described the experience as “horrific”, after a money mule involved in the fraud was given a three-year suspended sentence.
Two sisters have avoided jail after they pleaded guilty to making false statements for the purpose of obtaining Direct Provision payments worth a total of just over €10,000.
Oluwagbewikeke Lewis and Bashiru Aderibige pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering after they were involved in an email scam after securing the…