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Community service for on-air financial advisor over €100k life insurance fraud

Date
2015-12-07

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Julianstown

County
Meath

Summary

Clare Dooley, 43, a former Meath insurance broker, pleaded guilty in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to ten counts of making and using false declaration forms at New Ireland Assurance plc between November 2010 and September 2011. She had taken out 38 fictitious life‑insurance policies, receiving €109,000 in commission, but the insurer was repaid and no one suffered loss. The court imposed a four‑year suspended sentence and ordered 240 hours of unpaid community service to be completed within 12 months. Judge Martin Nolan confirmed the suspended sentence, noting that Dooley's fitness to carry out the work would be assessed medically; if unfit the suspension would remain. No prior convictions were recorded, and the insurer's complaint in 2013 led to the investigation and her arrest. The case concluded with a favourable probation report and the judge's final sentencing.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Community service for on-air financial advisor over €100k life insurance fraud. Charges or matters: ten counts of making and using false declaration forms at New Ireland Assurance plc, Dawson Street, Dublin and in the State between November 23, 2010 and September 27, 2011. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

November 23, 2010 Hearing Or Sentence
September 27, 2011 Hearing Or Sentence
February 2013 Other
2001 and 2014 Other
2015-12-07 Publication

Why: She took out 38 fictitious policies in order to be paid commission totalling €109,000. CNI source report

Case subjects

Clare Dooley

Defendant

Charges: ten counts of making and using false declaration forms at New Ireland Assurance plc, Dawson Street, Dublin and in the State between November 23, 2010 and September 27, 2011 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Photo: Collins) By Conor Gallagher and Fiona Ferguson A Meath insurance broker who carried out a €109,000 life insurance fraud has been ordered to perform 240 hours unpaid work in the community in addition to a four year suspended sentence. Judge Desmond Hogan had indicated last October that he would give Dooley a four year suspended sentence and order her to carry out community service should the Probation Service find her suitable.; He adjourned the finalisation of the sentence to today pending a probation report.

New Ireland Assurance

Applicant

Outcome: He adjourned the finalisation of the sentence to today pending a probation report.