Cork woman Catherine O'Brien charged with deception of €100k over purchase of farm in France

It is alleged the money related to the purchase of a farm in France, which was not purchased, and most of money appears to have been used for day-to-day living expenses.

Cork woman Catherine O’Brien has been charged with deceiving a person out of €100,000 for the purchase of a farm in France.

The Buttevant native was before Portlaoise District Court on Thursday morning on three charges of deception contrary to Section 6 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud) Act 2001 at an address in New Inn, Emo, Co Laois, between September 21, 2018, and October 26, 2018.