David Nevin sentenced for €40,000 loan fraud

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David Nevin was sentenced to two years, with the final six months suspended, for deception offences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, as reported on 21 September 2020.

The offences involved fake bank statements and payslips used to obtain a high-end car and a €40,000 bank loan in Dublin and Westmeath. The car was returned, while €6,500 had been repaid or brought to court. Judge Elma Sheahan cited planning and a pattern of offending, while taking account of Nevin’s guilty plea, cooperation and personal difficulties.