ALLIED Irish Banks lawyers told the High Court yesterday that senior bank executives strongly refute allegations by another executive, Séamus Sheerin, that he is being scapegoated for the failures of others in connection with the foreign exchange overcharging scandal in the bank.

A SENIOR AIB official, who claims he is being made a "scapegoat" for overcharging by the bank, has been granted a temporary High Court order preventing his dismissal from the company.