Student garda accused in ‘€30k marriage scam’

Two Bangladeshi men are believed to have paid €15,000 each to Lithuanian women in a suspected sham-marriage scam.

Student garda accused in ‘€30k marriage scam’

One of the men was a student garda and has resigned. He has now been given the opportunity to leave the country voluntarily, or face deportation and possible criminal prosecution.

Detectives from the Garda National Immigration Bureau are preparing a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions, having conducted voluntary interviews with the four people involved — two Bangladeshi men and a Lithuanian lesbian couple.

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