Card scammers land charity with €10k bank charge bill

A charity supporting children with severe, life-limiting conditions is facing a minimum €10,000 bank charge after being targeted by an online scam.

The Jack and Jill Foundation has been told to pay the expense instead of using the money to help vulnerable children, despite the fact it had nothing to do with the transactions.

Spokeswoman Carmel Doyle told the Irish Examiner that, in a two-month period between April and May, the charity was unknowingly used as a “test website” by an international skimming gang.