Accountant accused of defrauding clients €30k

A CHARTERED accountant has been accused of defrauding company clients of €30,000 in order to pay his own tax bills.

Colm Watters, 46, of the firm Becker, Cresswell and Watters Ltd, is also accused of owing the Revenue Commissioners €70,000 in tax returns, the case in the Dublin District Court heard yesterday.

Watters, of 25 Greygates, Mount Merrion, Dublin, faces 20 charges.