Gardaí probe alleged fraud by property tax helpline worker

A Garda investigation is under way into alleged attempts by an employee of a Cork-based company to use the credit card details of a number of callers to the local property tax (LPT) helpline.

Call-centre company Abtran, with offices at Curraheen in Bishopstown and on the Model Farm Rd, had been contracted by the Revenue Commissioners to operate the helpline.

Some helpline callers were asked for their credit card details and attempts were subsequently made to use those details to make online purchases.