John Bowe and Willie McAteer found guilty of fraud conspiracy

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John Bowe and Willie McAteer were found guilty of conspiring to defraud the public at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 1 June 2016.

The verdicts followed 38 hours of jury deliberations in the trial concerning a €7.2 billion transaction scheme involving Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Life and Permanent.

The jury continued considering charges against former ILP executives Denis Casey and Peter Fitzpatrick, who had also pleaded not guilty.

Judge Martin Nolan remanded Bowe and McAteer on continuing bail after hearing there was no objection to bail.