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Trial of ex-rugby star hears of €500k transfer
Summary
The trial of former Ireland rugby international Brendan Mullin, aged 60, continues. Mullin is accused of stealing €500,000 from Bank of Ireland Private Bank in December 2011 and an additional €73,000 in other amounts between July 2011 and March 2013. The prosecution alleges he authorised payments to solicitors McCann Fitzgerald, accountants Beechwood Partners and Grant Thornton for work for his company Quantum Investment Strategies or for himself. The €500,000 was allegedly transferred to Spice Holdings, a company incorporated in 1997 and registered in the British Virgin Islands, and later moved to a Royal Bank of Canada account in Jersey. Evidence included bank records, invoices, and correspondence from Northern Trust and Spice Holdings. Mullin pleaded not guilty to all counts, including one of deception and five of false accounting. The trial remains ongoing.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Trial of ex-rugby star hears of €500k transfer. Charges or matters: one count of stealing €500,000 from Bank of Ireland (BOI) Private Bank, Mespil Road, Dublin 4 on December 16, 2011, along with eight other counts of stealing various amounts of money amounting to just over €73,000 from the bank on various dates; one count of deception and five counts of false accounting. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- December 2011 Hearing Or Sentence
- May 2011 Hearing Or Sentence
- June 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
- April 2013 Other
- October 2012 Other
- July 20 2015 Other
- February 3, 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
- December 16, 2011 Other
- July 2011 Incident
- March 2013 Incident
- 2024-10-23 Publication
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Defendant
Charges: one count of stealing €500,000 from Bank of Ireland (BOI) Private Bank, Mespil Road, Dublin 4 on December 16, 2011, along with eight other counts of stealing various amounts of money amounting to just over €73,000 from the bank on various dates; one count of deception and five counts of false accounting (Alleged Or Contested)
Plea: Not guilty
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