Ex-Anglo officials refuse to reveal file codes

A NUMBER of banking officials who left Anglo Irish Bank have refused to reveal 30 encrypted passwords for documents sought by investigators into possible criminal activity at the lender.

The revelations came as the High Court extended to April next the deadline for completion of the two-year probe by the director of corporate enforcement (ODCE) and the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation.

Mr Justice Peter Kelly heard yesterday how Anglo does not have the passwords necessary to access some specific password-protected or encrypted documents and the failure of certain Anglo personnel who have left the bank to give it those passwords is one of the factors delaying the probe.