Gardai have warned the public to be vigilant over romance fraud after an Irish bank account received over €100,000 from 12 different people all over Europe.
Hungarian police contacted gardai in September 2021 through Interpol, asking for their assistance as they were investigating a case of Romance Fraud where a woman was deceived into sending $4,000 to fraudulent account.
Officers in Hungary discovered that the money was credited to an Irish bank account. Gardai identified the account holder and after an analysis they discovered that there were 46 suspicious credits into the account between September 2020 and October 2021.
