Man avoids jail for his part in 'sophisticated' defrauding of €460k from Trinity College hardship fund

The court heard that Jonathan McMahon had allowed his AIB and Revolut accounts to be used for transferring money to a large number of people

An investigating garda told the court that there is no suggestion that McMahon personally applied to the hardship fund and that he has no connection to Trinity College. File Picture: PA

Over €460,000 was defrauded from the Trinity College hardship fund in a “sophisticated scheme” which involved over 200 separate transactions, a court has heard.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court was told on Thursday that a garda investigation is continuing into the scheme, which resulted in around €461,275 being defrauded from the fund.