Simon Gold convicted of theft and fraud offences

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Simon Gold was convicted of theft and fraud offences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 10 June 2019. The offences involved sums totalling more than €1.6 million. Gold was convicted of 20 charges after the jury deliberated for almost 12 and a half hours. The jury acquitted him of one deception charge concerning a €28,000 transfer, while the judge directed a not guilty verdict on another charge.

The charges included money laundering, theft, deception and the use and possession of false instruments between January 2010 and October 2012. The report said Gold had pleaded not guilty to 22 charges.