13/07/2023
A married carer fell for an online romance fraud and stole €122,000 from a vulnerable elderly couple during the pandemic before converting it into crypto and sending it to a fictitious US soldier, a court has heard.
Angela Manning (59) told her victims: “I have bled you dry; there is nothing left”.
The court also heard that the deeds of Manning's family home are now in the possession of the victims, while her husband has had to return to work after she also took his retirement savings.
Manning of Kingston Walk, Ballinteer, Dublin 22, pleaded guilty to seven sample charges of stealing money from an elderly couple via ATM withdrawals in Dublin between April 2019 and September 2021.
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