Serial fraudster who put card-trapping devices in ATMs to steal bank cards avoids jail

Romanian man was previously jailed for two years for stealing a visa card and spending over €17,000 in various Argos shops in 2016

Marius Radu, 44, formerly of Killinarden, Tallaght, but with a current address in Slough, England, leaving Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Tuesday after he received a fully suspended sentence. Picture: Collins Courts

A repeat offender who put card-trapping devices in ATMs to steal people's bank cards over six years ago has been given a fully suspended sentence.

Marius Radu, 44, was previously jailed for two years for stealing a visa card and spending over €17,000 in various Argos shops in 2016. He pleaded guilty earlier this year to similar ATM card-trapping offences that he carried out around the same time.