nsuranceAnonymous call that led to first conviction of a ‘ghost broker’ in history of State

Martin Hanudel faces spending eight months in jail for selling forged insurance

Martin Hanudel at Trim Circuit Court in County Meath Photo: Mark Condro

November 30 2020 02:30 AM

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A ‘ghost broker’ who sold fraudulent insurance policies to innocent motorists is the first person to be convicted for such an offence in the history of the State.

Martin Hanudel (27) will spend eight months in jail after the Garda Special Investigations Unit uncovered how he was selling forged and invalid discounted insurance to people on Facebook.

An anonymous call to the Garda Confidential Line in October 2016 sparked an investigation which has resulted in more than a dozen files being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

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