GARDAÍ have obtained a court order freezing a bank account into which would-be holidaymakers paid upfront for the use of a luxury apartment not owned by the man purporting to offer it for rent.

A BOGUS website used as part of an elaborate holiday rental scam has been shut down as a Garda investigation continues.

A NUMBER of quantity surveyor firms have been unwittingly drawn into an elaborate holiday rental scam in which customers pay up front to stay in a luxury apartment which they cannot subsequently access.