High Court judge refers rent claims to fraud squad

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A High Court judge referred rent-payment claims to the Garda Fraud Squad, reported on 18 May 2017.

The claims concerned 13 families who had paid up to €200 weekly to a man known as Brian at Annesley Bridge Road, Fairview.

The court was told Brian had no connection with the property’s receiver or owner, and a Garda investigation had opened.

The receiver had taken possession after the families vacated, while knives and machetes were discovered inside the property.

The High Court adjourned related contempt proceedings for a week.