70 year old Man's Life Savings stolen by Garda imposter

spagboll · 27-06-2011 9:33pm #1

Just saw this on the 9pm news, shocking stuff

Happened up around Fairhill

Say they don't catch the criminal, is there any way he can be compensated for the cash stolen?

Needler · 27-06-2011 9:47pm

Terrible carry on

parsi · 27-06-2011 9:57pm

spagboll wrote: »

Just saw this on the 9pm news, shocking stuff

Happened up around Fairhill

Say they don't catch the criminal, is there any way he can be compensated for the cash stolen?

Compensated how ?

UpCork · 27-06-2011 9:58pm

So sad. I heard on the radio today that it was a five figure sum.

Awful how these thugs can prey on vulnerable people.

johnayo · 27-06-2011 10:01pm

Scumbag.

spagboll · 27-06-2011 10:14pm

im hoping something like this will help him http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/victims_of_crime/victims_and_compensation.html

or joe duffy or someone like him will get a drive going to fund raise

THENORTHSIDER · 27-06-2011 10:19pm

thought I heard somewhere that it happened at 10 to 7 this morning. Why did they target this poor man did they know he had the cash or did someone tip them off to it.

booboo88 · 27-06-2011 10:19pm

What happened? I really wish elderly people would be more careful, this guy clearly knew him as how else would he know the man had such a sum of money?

Dean820 · 27-06-2011 10:28pm

Poor man. Its a shame there wasn't someone living with him, it might have been avoided.

It sounds as if someone got a tip off that he had the money in the house.

THENORTHSIDER · 27-06-2011 10:42pm

has to be a tip off:mad::mad::mad:

miss_shadow · 27-06-2011 10:56pm

but the garda didn't have garda uniform on..how or why would anyone be so silly to hand over that amount.
He must have told a few relatives too, or even a friend. that's what banks are for.

Needler · 27-06-2011 11:01pm

miss_shadow wrote: »

but the garda didn't have garda uniform on..how or why would anyone be so silly to hand over that amount.
He must have told a few relatives too, or even a friend. that's what banks are for.

If he had it in the bank it might have gone to the crown prince of Nigeria instead

27-06-2011 11:03pm

Plainclothes Gardai are not unheard of, bit of fake ID or whatever and an unsuspecting pensioner could be duped quite easily unfortunately. Much of the older generation can be quite unsuspecting of folks claiming to be officials. This scumbag had his research done no doubt.

PcAngel · 27-06-2011 11:07pm

The only consolation is that this man was not hurt. Little consolation I know, but some scum terrorise their victims and kill. I remember a terrible case on tv where they beat the pensioner, tied him up and he died.

evilivor · 27-06-2011 11:16pm

miss_shadow wrote: »

but the garda didn't have garda uniform on..how or why would anyone be so silly to hand over that amount.
He must have told a few relatives too, or even a friend. that's what banks are for.

Took the money out of the bank as was afraid it would go bust and he would lose everything.