Gardaí have urged people affected by the ‘sex for rent’ scandal to make a complaint to their local station. Detectives have said that while ‘sex for rent’ is not a specific criminal offence, an investigation into it could reveal potential crimes, including possible fraud-related offences or offences against the person. “Yes, sex for rent isn’t a specific criminal offence but in the investigation carried out there might be circumstances that there are other criminal offences. They’ll be treated with sympathy and in full confidence.”Accommodation fraudDet Insp Meighan was speaking at an event to highlight “accommodation fraud” as part of the Garda Fraud Week. GNECB figures show a 30% increase in accommodation fraud in 2021, with 279 cases reported, following a 17% decrease in cases in 2020 due to the pandemic.

Source: Irish Examiner April 01, 2022 02:28 UTC