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Man avoids jail for stealing from online shopping employer
Summary
Vasile Muntean, 28, worked for the grocery‑shopping app Buymie and used his company debit card to shop at 23 supermarkets in Dublin and Kildare. Between 1 and 25 February 2021 he carried out 204 thefts, buying goods worth about €29,000, including €15,000 of One4All gift vouchers that he sold for cash to fund a drug habit. Buymie discovered the discrepancy when the card's spending did not match customer orders, and the company suffered a loss of €14,000. Muntean pleaded guilty to 32 counts of theft at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. He was sentenced to a two‑year suspended term, with conditions that he hand over €6,000 to Buymie and save an additional €8,000 within two years. He has no prior convictions and has since undergone drug counselling and is working as a food‑delivery driver.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Man avoids jail for stealing from online shopping employer. Charges or matters: 32 sample counts of theft from his employer on dates between February 1 and February 25, 2021. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- February 1 Hearing Or Sentence
- February 25, 2021 Hearing Or Sentence
- February 2021 Other
- 2023-01-17 Publication
Why: About €15,000 of this was spent on One4All gift vouchers, which the court heard Muntean sold for cash to fund his drug habit. Court evidence reported by CNI
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: 32 sample counts of theft from his employer on dates between February 1 and February 25, 2021 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: The judge handed down a two-year sentence which he suspended on a number of conditions, including that Muntean hand over the €6,000 to Buymie and save a further €8,000 to repay to the company within two years.
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