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17th Nov 2020

Woman in Roscommon arrested for 80 incidents of ‘theft by deception’ spanning seven years

Conor Heneghan

The woman stole a little under €30,000 over seven years.

A woman in her 50s in Roscommon has been charged by Gardaí in relation to a total of 80 incidents of theft by deception between 2011 and 2018.

The suspect is believed to have stolen in excess of €28,500 in dozens of incidents over a seven-year spell.

She was charged by Gardaí on Tuesday morning (17 November) following direction received by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The woman was due to appear before Carrick-on-Shannon District Court on Tuesday morning at 10.30am.

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