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When she realised it had been a phishing email, she contacted her bank and cancelled the card – but the deceit did not end there.

"The impact of his deceit and manipulation will be long felt, but justice has been served today," McGrath said.

A few months later MacCallum was arrested and the full extent of the theft and deceit began to unravel.

"Throughout the course of our investigation, we have built a picture of the vast levels of deceit, betrayal and fraud she engaged in," he said.

No society can function swimming in deceit and corruption for very long.