3 Russian firms paid Quinn’s daughter €380k

A daughter of bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn has told the Commercial Court she received €379,170 under employment contracts with three Russian companies which she signed without reading, because they were in Russian.

Aoife Quinn said the contracts covered the year Jul 2011 to Jul 2012 and her husband Stephen Kelly, brother Seán, or cousin Peter would have told her they were employment contracts. Her husband owned one of the companies, Peter owned a second, and she was not sure who owned the third.

She understood she would receive a wage, but did not know what work she would have to do or how much she would be paid when signing them. She had thought she got about €320,000, but the court heard her net salary was €379,170 after tax deducted at source.