A Kerry Senator's photo has been used by tinder fraudsters as part of a scam in New Zealand that has seen women conned out of hundreds of thousands of euro.
Mark Daly's photo was used along with the fake-name Rodney Mullen as part of a scam that saw a woman hand over 300,000 euro.
While a seperate profile using the senators photo and the name Fred Ritterman also conned a women out of 600,000 euro.
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A spokesperson for Senator Daly, who is also Cathaoirleach of the Seanad, has told the Sunday Times the issue has been referred to Gardai.