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Former Anglo chairman told head of compliance not to submit relative's account to Revenue, jury hears

Summary

During a 2015 trial, former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick was heard to have instructed an employee not to submit accounts belonging to his brother‑in‑law, John Peter O'Toole, to the Revenue while the bank was under investigation for alleged tax evasion. Witness Brian Gillespie, the former head of compliance, testified that FitzPatrick had asked him to withhold the O'Toole account and that FitzPatrick had also told him that a family member's account should not be returned to the Revenue. Gillespie said he reported these instructions to his superior, Director of Finance Willie McAteer, who was uninterested. The trial also heard that other Anglo officials, Bernard Daly, Tiarnan O'Mahoney and Aoife Maguire, were accused of attempting to delete references to the O'Toole account and other accounts from the bank's Core Banking System and from a list of non‑resident accounts over €100,000 that was to be supplied to the Revenue. Aoife Maguire pleaded not guilty.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Former Anglo chairman told head of compliance not to submit relative's account to Revenue, jury hears. Charges or matters: seven alleged offences committed in 2003 and 2004. Procedural stage: trial

When:

• June 1995 Hearing Or Sentence
• 2003 and 2004 Other
• 2015-07-06 Publication

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