Duo used stolen Visa card for €17k shopping spree

Two Romanians who used a rudimentary device to steal a Visa card from an ATM before using it to spend €17,064.67 in Argos shops have been given sentences of two and two and a half years.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard yesterday that Marius Radu, aged 38, and Bogdan Plesu, aged 31, bought mainly electrical items they intended to sell.

They were identified through CCTV footage in Argos stores after the unauthorised transactions appearing on the card owner’s statement showed it had been used in the retail outlet.