Decide Bryan Smyth utilized the Probation Act, sparing him a prison report.

Mr Mehta, with an handle at Ivy Trade, Parnell Road, admitted possession of crime proceeds.

Dublin District Courtroom heard the offence befell between July and November 2020.

The court docket heard the sufferer noticed a property for hire on Daft.ie and responded to it, making a €700 lodgement into Mr Mehta’s checking account as a deposit.

Some €400 was transferred to an account exterior the jurisdiction and the accused stored the remaining, €300, for himself.

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Mr Mehta had no earlier convictions, co-operated with gardaí and wrote a letter of apology.

Mr Mehta got here from India to raised his life and responded to a web-based advert quickly after arriving, his lawyer mentioned.

He thought it was a suggestion of employment and offered his financial institution particulars as a part of his “contract”. The small print have been then utilized by the scammers.

The primary he knew that it was a rip-off was when gardaí contacted him.

“My shopper at no level contacted the injured get together,” the lawyer mentioned. “He thought he was replying to an commercial for employment.”

The advert started “Howdy, stunning folks, I’ve a component time job supply,” Decide Smyth mentioned.

“Who of their proper thoughts would say oh, I bought that job?” the decide requested.

“A naive one that has simply come into the nation,” the lawyer mentioned.

Mr Mehta now works as a monetary administrator. He had €1,200 in compensation in court docket and the decide mentioned that ought to go to the sufferer.