PRISON SENTENCE FOR PAYING CITY HOTEL WITH STOLEN CREDIT CARD DETAILS

Date Published: 11-Nov-2008

A Dublin student has been jailed for five months for using the stolen details of a credit card, to book three rooms and meals at the Ardilaun Hotel in Taylor’s Hill Nigerian 22 year old Kehinde Oduneye of Lucan pleaded guilty to obtaining by deception accommodation and meals costing over 11 hundred euro Inspector Mick Coppinger told Galway District Court the accused purchased hotel accommodation vouchers worth €1,142, over the internet on August 16 He used the details of a Frenchman’s credit card and then used the vouchers to book three rooms at the Ardilaun hotelWhen the Frenchman noticed the fraudulent transaction in his visa account he notified his bank