Dublin man sold bogus holiday packages to friends to fund his 'cocaine lifestyle'

A man who took over €27,000 from friends and acquaintances by selling them bogus package holidays has been spared a prison sentence today.

Aaron Weinrib (aged 37) of Cambridge Villas, Rathmines, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to eight sample charges of theft and fraud on dates between June 2010 and December 2010.