Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Offences

Fraud (theft of students' college fees)

Where

Co. Dublin

Reporting

2 reports, 27 Jun 2024 to 27 Jun 2024

Outlets

irishtimes.com, rte.ie

• Man sentenced for fraud over students' college fees in Dublin Fraud (theft of students' college fees) · Co. Dublin

  Raul Rodriguez Ramirez, a 36-year-old Mexican man, pleaded guilty in December 2023 to defrauding 18 foreign language students of almost €30,000 in college fees at his Dublin agency Travel Now between June 2020 and June 2021. He used the students' money to fund a Mexican restaurant in Dublin that failed during the pandemic instead of booking their language courses. Sentencing was adjourned in December 2023 to allow him time to repay the students, during which he provided a total of €18,050. On 27 June 2024, Judge Orla Crowe at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court sentenced him to 18 months imprisonment with the final nine months suspended, ordering the repaid sum to be divided pro rata among the 18 victims.

  Sentenced, 27 Jun 2024Victim · 2 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 27 Jun2024
   Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Man sentenced for fraud over students' college fees in Dublin

   Man jailed for theft of foreign students’ course fees

   victim, Maria Fernanda, femaleMaria Fernanda♀
2. 27 Jun2024
   Sentencedrte.ie, in Man sentenced for fraud over students' college fees in Dublin

   Man jailed for defrauding €30,000 from foreign students

   victim, Maria Fernanda Gutierrez, female, non-irish (judged from name)Maria Fernanda Gutierrez♀

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