Brendan Smith fined €45,000 for bid-rigging

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Brendan Smith was fined €45,000 for bid-rigging by the Court of Criminal Appeal on 19 June 2018.

The court increased his original €7,500 fine after a DPP appeal against sentences imposed by the Central Criminal Court on 31 May 2017.

Smith, a former director of Aston Carpets & Flooring, and Aston Carpets pleaded guilty in 2017 to implementing and taking part in an anti-competitive agreement. Smith was also convicted of impeding a criminal prosecution in May 2017.

The original sentence included a three-month suspended sentence and a five-year disqualification from acting as a company director. The company’s €10,000 fine was unchanged.