Man pleads guilty to stealing BMWs by fraudulently posing as a buyer with fake bank transfers.

A 23-year-old man, Callum Kearney, has pleaded guilty to stealing a BMW from a Cork dealership and attempting to steal two more from a Wicklow dealership. Kearney posed as a buyer and used Photoshop to create fake bank transfer proofs, totaling nearly €164,000, to deceive the dealers. He is already serving a 27-month sentence for deception offenses and will be sentenced in March.

November 25, 2024
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