2025-10-30
Serial fraudster faked death to avoid trial for theft and deception
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Amy McAuley faked her own death to avoid a trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court Photo: Collins) By Natasha Reid and Eimear Dodd A serial fraudster has been jailed for three years after she faked her own death in a "deliberate scheme" to avoid a Circuit Criminal Court trial for theft and deception. She imposed a global sentence of four years and suspended the final 12 months on strict conditions for four years.