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Business owner spared jail for using fake documents to get mortgage
Summary
A Dublin business owner has been ordered to complete 240 hours of community service for using fraudulent documents to secure a €71,000 mortgage. Kevin Molloy, aged 49, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to three offences under the Theft and Fraud Offences Act committed between December 2014 and August 2016. The Donegal native, now resident in Celbridge, Co Kildare, had submitted false salary certificates, altered tax documents, and fabricated wage slips to Ulster Bank during his mortgage application in 2016. Judge Melanie Greally imposed the community service order, to be completed within twelve months, in lieu of an eighteen-month prison sentence. The judge noted the bank sustained no financial loss, that Molloy had cooperated with gardaí, and that he maintained mortgage repayments. The offences were discovered following a Bank of Ireland report to gardaí in July 2016.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Business owner spared jail for using fake documents to get mortgage. Charges or matters: three offences under the Theft and Fraud Offences Act committed on dates between December 2014 and August 2016. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- December 2014 Hearing Or Sentence
- August 2016 Other
- July 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
- February 2015 Hearing Or Sentence
- April 2016 Other
- 2018-10-25 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: three offences under the Theft and Fraud Offences Act committed on dates between December 2014 and August 2016 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Today Judge Melanie Greally imposed 240 hours of community service to be completed within 12 months, in lieu of an 18 month prison sentence.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
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