"Bright Banda, of Meadow Lane, Roscommon Road, Athlone, Roscommon, is charged with 12 counts of deception at various addresses in Dublin, Westmeath, Longford and Roscommon between February 2023 and January 2026."
"The Malawi national previously appeared at a sitting of Athlone District Court last month charged with four counts of inducing a named female to transfer a total of €17,000 between February 13, 2023 and March 31, 2023."
"Judge Deirdre Gearty was informed Mr Banda had not been in a position to meet the terms of those High Court amendments when Garda Gavin Conway gave sworn evidence of having served a further eight charges on the accused concerning the same woman and four other alleged victims."
"The first charge stemmed from an allegation that Mr Bamba induced the woman on a date unknown between February 2, 2023 and November 15, 2025 at an address in Athlone to transfer over €105,000 from her Revolut account. The same woman is also alleged to have sent the accused a further €28,265 via her AIB account between February 1, 2023 and November 15, 2025."
Bright Banda, a 39-year-old man from Roscommon, faces 12 counts of deception for alleged schemes involving five people across Dublin and several midlands counties between February 2023 and January 2026. He is accused of inducing a named woman to transfer €17,000 between February 13, 2023 and March 31, 2023, including three €1,000 payments and a €14,000 transfer from Athlone Credit Union to an AIB account. He was remanded in custody with bail conditions requiring an independent surety, later reduced on High Court application. Further charges were served, including allegations of inducing the same woman to transfer over €105,000 from a Revolut account and an additional €28,265 via an AIB account, plus a separate €3,000 transfer from a male victim in early 2025.
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