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Tue 11 Nov 2002Woman admits obtaining #211,000 falselyA woman has admitted in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court obtaining some £211,000 from several businessmen by pretending to be a supplier of Guinness goods.Margaret Whelan (43), Llewellyn Court, Ballinteer, and formerly of Pine Valley Park, Rathfarnham, pleaded guilty to five counts of falsely obtaining cheques and cash worth a total of £211,000 from four businessmen on dates between September and December 1999.