Drumm’s wife used maiden name for account

Fear of media attention from Irish tabloids forced the wife of former Anglo Irish Bank CEO David Drumm to use her maiden name to open a bank account not long after moving to the US.

That was part of the lengthy testimony given by the disgraced banker on day two of his bankruptcy trial at a court in Boston yesterday under cross-examination from his defence attorney, David Mack.

Mr Drumm was spending a second full day in the witness stand as his lawyer brought him painstakingly through his financial affairs over the five or so years since his departure from the top job at the now defunct bank.