Irish company accused of charging for work permits

A Mauritian national has told a jury he applied to a company in Mauritius for a work permit for Ireland after reading an advertisement which said: "Would you like to work in Ireland and earn euro?"

Mr Veeraj Sunyasi, who has been attending college in Ireland since January 2005, said he paid a total of 105,000 Mauritian rupee, approximately €3,500, to Micro Data Info (MDI) after meeting with the company's managing director, Kevin Chuttur, in April 2004.