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Repeat card scammer avoids jail

Date
2022-05-17

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Tallaght

County
Dublin

Summary

Marius Radu, 44, a repeat offender, was given a fully suspended two‑year sentence for two counts of criminal damage to ATMs and six counts of theft between January 27 and February 3, 2016. He had previously been jailed for two years in 2016 for stealing a visa card and spending over €17,000 in Argos shops. Radu pleaded guilty to the 2016 ATM card‑trapping offences, which involved inserting devices that swallowed cards, retrieving them, and withdrawing cash. Garda Derek Gibney described incidents at Mobhi Road, Glasnevin, and Phibsborough, where Radu's device caused withdrawals of €500, €100 and €40, and he later spent €110 and €110.50 in Tesco, Tallaght. The damage to the ATMs cost €220 and €1,708. Radu was arrested in July 2016, sentenced in October 2016, and now lives in Slough, UK, where he studies and works as a driver.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Repeat card scammer avoids jail. Charges or matters: two counts of criminal damage to ATMs and six counts of theft at various addresses in Dublin on dates between January 27 and February 3, 2016. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

January 27 Other
February 3, 2016 Other
January 27, 2016 Other
July 2016 Incident
October 2016 Incident
January 2016 Incident
2022-05-17 Publication

Case subjects

Marius Radu

Background Person

Charges: two counts of criminal damage to ATMs and six counts of theft at various addresses in Dublin on dates between January 27 and February 3, 2016 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Marius Radu (44) was previously jailed for two years for stealing a visa card and spending over €17,000 in various Argos shops in 2016. In October 2016, he was sentenced to two years for similar offences that also occurred in January 2016.