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Care worker jailed for stealing over €57,000 from ATMs to pay for her father's kidney transplant

Date
2015-06-23

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Sandyford

County
Dublin

Summary

Titilayo Kilanko, a 38‑year‑old care worker from Carrigmore Lawn, Citywest, Dublin, pleaded guilty to ten counts of theft from Ulster Bank on 22 June 2012. She admitted making 115 fraudulent withdrawals totalling €57,708 from ATMs in Dun Laoghaire, Lower Kilmacud Road, Stillorgan, Main Street, Blackrock and the Beacon Centre in Sandyford. Kilanko claimed the money was used to pay a man to donate a kidney to her father in Nigeria, where he was being treated at University College Hospital in Ibadan and owed €80,000 for treatment and dialysis. She flew to Nigeria with the cash, converted it to naira, and paid a donor €25,000. The court sentenced her to three years' imprisonment with 15 months suspended, noting she had no prior convictions and had cooperated with authorities. The judge expressed regret at sentencing her but stated the repeated theft could not be condoned.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Care worker jailed for stealing over €57,000 from ATMs to pay for her father's kidney transplant. Charges or matters: ten counts of theft from Ulster Bank on June 22, 2012. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

June 22, 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
2015-06-23 Publication

Case subjects

Titilayo Kilanko

Defendant

Charges: ten counts of theft from Ulster Bank on June 22, 2012 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: On passing sentence, he said: "I'm very sorry to have to do this to her as she seems like a decent person, but on the date in question she stole repeatedly from the bank and that cannot be condoned." Kilanko admitted stealing a total of €57,708 by making 115 fraudulent withdrawals from ATMs in Dun Laoghaire, Lower Kilmacud Road, Stillorgan, Main Street, Blackrock and at the Beacon Centre in Sandyford, County Dublin.