Kelvin Kleinovas (24) allowed €10,000 of the cash to be lodged into his own bank
The court heard that the priest reported the theft to gardaí after Bank of Ireland alerted him to the fact that they had frozen his account due to suspicious activity. Photograph: iStockA parish priest had almost €50,000 stolen from his personal back account in a scam after he tried to pay a connection fee for broadband through his banking online.
He said days earlier the priest received a call to the presbytery indicating the caller was from a broadband company. He was told the line was being upgraded and the priest needed to pay a once-off fee of €5.Armagh man arrested on suspicion of sexual assault as Miami police investigate alleged incident during GAA trip
Gda McCarthy confirmed that ultimately the priest tried to make the payment over 40 times over a four-day period which resulted in almost €50,000 being stolen from his account. Mr Kleinovas has seven previous convictions including one for money laundering for which he received a two-year suspended sentence.A victim impact statement from the priest said he had expected there would have been some sort of system in place with online banking that would have prevented the money being taken from his account.The priest said he believes the bank failed him as a customer.
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