Harry Cassidy jailed for seven years over fraud conspiracy

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Harry Cassidy was jailed for seven years for conspiring to defraud investors at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 12 May 2023.

The conspiracy concerned investors in Custom House Capital, where Cassidy was chief executive. The judge described it as a systematic plundering of clients’ accounts.

Cassidy pleaded guilty to misleading investors about where their money was and how it was invested. The judge said he was in charge of the conspiracy and breached the trust placed in him.

His sentence was reduced from 14 years to seven years after the judge considered mitigation. He received credit for two months spent in custody in Germany, making the effective term six years and ten months.