Alleged €2m fraud uncovered at Dr Quirkey’s Good Time casino firm

The business is owned by businessman Richard Quirke who has built a sizeable fortune from the casino business

In the newly filed 2019 accounts, the directors said that “in December 2020, the company discovered that it was the subject of a fraud in the business”. It said it has written off the amounts. File Picture

An alleged €2m fraud has been uncovered at the company that operates the arcade and casino business, Dr Quirkey’s Good Time Emporium, on Dublin’s O’Connell Street.

The disclosure is contained in new consolidated accounts for Dublin Pool and Juke Box Ltd which show that the alleged misappropriation of funds totalled over €1m in 2018, and over €1m in 2019.