Kerry businessman claims garda fraudulently obtained his private data from online sales platform

Case centres around an online exchange that occurred on the 'Advert.ie' platform involving the complainant and the seller of an electric drone

Complainant has asked the High Court for an order directing the Garda Commissioner to identify the individual officer who allegedly sought his personal information. File picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

A businessman who claims a garda fraudulently obtained his private data from an online sales platform has asked the High Court for an order directing the Garda Commissioner to identify the individual officer who allegedly sought the information.

Tomasz Blazejewicz, a sales executive from Clover Hill Close, Killorgan, Co Kerry, wants to sue and formally serve proceedings on the individual garda in question and claims the information was allegedly fraudulently obtained in August of last year.