2022-02-02
Fake tenant who took part in rent deposit scam avoids jail
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Photo: Collins) A fake tenant in a rental scam that defrauded six potential tenants out of almost €11,000 by taking deposits for an already occupied apartment has been ordered to carry out community service. She considered a probation report prepared for the court before she ordered that he carry out 240 hours community service within 18 months in lieu of a two-year prison term.; Judge Melanie Greally remanded Long on bail last July having heard the evidence in the case.