Former company director in Google scam fined €7,500

A former company director who pleaded guilty to operating a price fixing scam that targeted large firms including Google and Paypal, was fined €7,500 at the Central Criminal Court today.

Justice Patrick McCarthy also handed Brendan Smith (39), of Greenane, Dunshaughlin, Co Meath a three-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, for attempting to impede a prosecution.