Patrick Russell was jailed earlier this month for the theft of €215,000 from a Kildare business man.
It was Mr Russell’s first conviction for theft. But it wasn’t his first such scam. There were many others for which he was never prosecuted.
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RTÉ Investigates tracked down over 60 other men and women who were defrauded by Patrick Russell over a period of nearly three decades. Combined, he took over €8m from them.
Journalist Paul Murphy of the RTÉ Investigations Unit tells us more:
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