Stock imageSENIOR gardaí say organised crime gangs are involved in rental scams which have led to almost €1 million being stolen from unsuspecting victims since February 2019. Officers from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) have identified a gang from the Romanian city of Ramnicu Valcea which has been nicknamed ‘Hackerville’. Gardaí believe that members of this criminal organisation have been involved in some of the rental scams here. “Primarily, this gang have been involved in two different types of organised fraud in Europe,” a senior source said. Almost half of these incidents occurred in the Dublin Region with just over €900,000 stolen in rental scams over this period.

Source: Irish Independent August 11, 2021 01:30 UTC