Woman admits defrauding €35,000 from intellectually disabled man

A convicted fraudster who defrauded more than €35,000 from an intellectually disabled man by forging a number of official documents will be sentenced in May.

Anne Gillen (aged 55) of Bentley Villas, Dun Laoghaire, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to a number of sample charges of fraud and deception including that she used a bogus general power of attorney form and a false bank mandate to induce staff at Permanent TSB in Dun Laoghaire and Blackrock to hand over cash.