Court asks DPP to examine alleged forged signatures on loan document

A HIGH Court judge has asked the DPP to examine alleged forged signatures on loan documents of ACC Bank plus a “fictitious” P60 in the bank’s files certifying a much higher rate of pay for a retired Garda in a case where the bank yesterday secured judgment for €3.27 million against the retired Garda and three others.

Two bank officials have left ACC since the forged signatures and other matters were raised with them by the bank’s internal audit, while ACC had decided not to subpoena one of those to testify in the case, Mr Justice Peter Kelly noted yesterday.

The bank had told the judge a handwriting expert had concluded signatures on a loan document were not those of the defendants.