Fine for fraud cartel mechanic

A mechanic who was part of a cartel of 90 people that took advantage of a flaw in a revenue system has been fined €20,000 and may be ordered to carry out work in the community.

Keith Hogg (aged 29) had only made €1,500 from the scheme even though he had wrongly claimed over €17,000 from the Revenue Commissioners. He had paid over the balance, €15,500, to the orchestrator of the whole scheme who has yet to be dealt with by the courts.