Man acted as money mule to defraud Trinity College fund

A MAN who acted as a money mule, allowing his bank account to be used as part of a scheme to defraud the Trinity College hardship fund, has been handed a suspended sentence, reports Eimear Dodd. 

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court was told on Thursday that Trinity College made a complaint to gardai in November 2021, and an investigation is continuing into the scheme, which resulted in over €549,000 being defrauded from the fund.