Cork couple tricked out of €7,000 in fraudulent invoice scam

Permanent TSB's office in Ballincollig, Co Cork.

 A couple making regular payments to an architect were emailed and asked to send the next payment of over €7,000 to another account but it was an invoice redirection scam and now the man who benefitted from that crime has been given a nine-month suspended sentence.

Dickson Aribasoye, aged 63, of Highfield Park, Ballincollig, County Cork, and who has no previous convictions, pleaded guilty to theft by deception charges arising out of the incident and fully repaid the money.