Pair admit car insurance scam
Two men defrauded Eagle Star Insurance of almost €30,000 by falsely claiming a BMW car was stolen and obtained another €25,000 for the same car by selling it on, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.
Eamon Shiel, aged 33, Fenswood, Lucan and Barry Murphy, aged 29, of Clonguane, Cappowhite, Co Tipperary pleaded guilty to defrauding €29,500 from Eagle Star Insurance by falsely pretending their BMW had been stolen.
The two men, who had bought the car in Carlow in May 2002 and reported it stolen in Swords, Co Dublin, in August 2002, also pleaded guilty to selling the car to another man in the same month for €25,000.
Ms Aileen Donnelly SC, for Murphy, told Judge Miriam Reynolds that he had mistakenly seen the insurance company as “not real people” and, therefore, his crime as “victimless”.
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