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Ex-Ireland rugby star alleged to have stolen €500k while private bank MD, jury told
Summary
The trial of Brendan Mullin, a former Ireland rugby international and former managing director of Bank of Ireland Private Bank, began in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Mullin, aged 60, denies all 15 charges, which cover alleged theft, deception and false accounting between July 2011 and March 2013. He is accused of stealing €500,000 from the bank on 16 December 2011, along with eight other theft counts involving various sums, and of false accounting and deception. Prosecutor Dominic McGinn outlined that the alleged thefts involved payments to McCann Fitzgerald Solicitors and Beechwood Partners, where invoices were altered to be paid by the bank instead of Mullin or his companies. A further three theft charges relate to invoices from Grant Thornton for work by Mullin's company Quantum. The prosecution also alleges a €500,000 transfer to Spice Holdings, a British Virgin Islands entity, which was later repaid through Quantum.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Ex-Ireland rugby star alleged to have stolen €500k while private bank MD, jury told. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- July 2011 Incident
- March 2013 Incident
- December 16, 2011 Incident
- December 2011 Hearing Or Sentence
- June 2012 Other
- July 2015 Other
- September 2021 Incident
- 2024-10-15 Publication
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