A gambling addict who posed as a social worker to con his victim out of his daughter’s college fund has been jailed for three years for this and other fraud offences. A man replied to the advert and met with White in the canteen of Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin. He told the man he would pay him €2,000 in four-month instalments for the loan but he never did. He instead emailed the man on a number of occasions looking for further loans but the man explained he had given him his life savings, which he had been putting away for his daughter’s college fund. The man realised he had been the victim of a fraud and contacted his local gardaí.

Source: The Irish Times March 15, 2021 18:33 UTC