Student used scam to get phones he then sold online

A South African student who ran out of money in Cork set up an elaborate scam for getting phones through fraudulent bill-pay schemes and then selling them on the internet.

Detective Garda Anne Flynn who investigated the fraud said that Brandon Abrahams got false driving licences and utility bills with various Cork addresses for the purpose of obtaining bill-pay phones.

The fraudulent activity was investigated following a complaint from a member of staff at the 3 network about a man committing fraud with mobile phone contracts.