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"Repeat offender" accountant has fine for providing false auditor reports increased by Court of Appeal
Summary
In a decision by the Court of Appeal on 28 November 2014, professional accountant Ignatius Forde, aged 62 and resident on Burrin Street, Carlow, was ordered to pay an increased fine of €3,000 and to carry out 200 hours of community service. The order followed a May 1 judgment by Judge Terence O'Sullivan at the Carlow Circuit Criminal Court, where Forde had been fined €1,000 for furnishing false auditor reports. Forde had originally faced 50 counts under sections 187 and 242 of the Companies Act, pleaded guilty early, and had previously been convicted of similar offences, including a six‑year suspended sentence in 2009. The Court of Appeal, agreeing with the Director of Public Prosecutions, found the original sentence unduly lenient, noting that Forde had used the names and signatures of qualified auditors and had falsely represented himself as one.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: "Repeat offender" accountant has fine for providing false auditor reports increased by Court of Appeal. Procedural stage: appeal
When:
- May 1 Hearing Or Sentence
- March 2009 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2014-11-28 Publication
Why: "A prison sentence was arguably warranted because of his repeat offending", Mr Justice Mahon said. CNI source report
Case subjects
Appellant
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Not only did Forde receive a conviction from the District Court in 2007 for similar offences but in March 2009 he received a six year suspended sentence. Mr Justice Mahon, who sat alongside Mr Justice George Birmingham and Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan ordered that Forde undertake 200 hours of community service in lieu of a 12-month sentence.
Places mentioned
- Court of Appeal
- Carlow Cricuit Criminal Court
- Burrin Street
- Carlow
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