A married couple, who are former solicitors, have been jailed for four years and two years for defrauding a number of banks and credit unions of almost €400,000.
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TWO former solicitors who operated a so-called identity factory as part of an elaborate €400,000 fraud against Irish banks and credit unions were jailed for a total of six years.
Former solicitors who created fake identities and wore disguises to defraud banks jailed
Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard that the married couple stole close to €400,000 from banks and credit unions. By Olivia Kelleher Monday 22 Feb 2021, 1:58 PM Feb 22nd 2021, 1:58 PM 36,879 Views 34 Comments
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A MARRIED COUPLE who created sixty false identities, donned disguises and paid homeless people for their PPS numbers in order to defraud banks and credit unions of several hundred thousand euro have been jailed for four and two years.
Former solicitors Keith Flynn (46) who was jailed for four years, and Lyndsey Clarke (37) who was jailed for two years, previously pleaded guilty to fraud charges at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.
A Cork Couple Who Paid Homeless People For Their PPS Numbers To Defraud Banks And Credit Unions Have Been Jailed For 4 And 2 Years The couple created 60 false identities
Former solicitors Keith Flynn who was jailed for four years, and Lyndsey Clarke who was jailed for two years, had previously pleaded guilty to fraud charges at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.
Trish Laverty has this report for RedFM News:
The couple, with an address on Blarney Street, pleaded guilty to creating 80 fake accounts using 60 false identities to defraud Bank of Ireland, AIB, Ulster Bank, and a number of credit unions by obtaining personal bank loans dishonestly.