85-year-old tricked out of €24,000 in 'romance fraud'

Two people who acted as money mules as part of the fraud receive suspended sentences

50-year-old Elizabeth Bello, of Creston Avenue, St Margarets Rd, Finglas, Dublin one of the two defendants who received suspended prison sentences for their role as 'money mules' in the fraud. Picture: IrishPhotoDesk

Two people who acted as “money mules” as part of a €24,000 “romance fraud” have received suspended sentences.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that an 85-year-old man was tricked into paying the monies by somebody pretending to be a divorced American mother on the online dating website Match.com.