Accused ‘had final say’ on submissions to Revenue

Former Anglo chairman Sean FitzPatrick told an employee not to submit his brother-in-law’s accounts to Revenue, which was investigating alleged tax evasion at the bank, a trial has heard.

The trial of three Anglo officials accused of hiding accounts connected to Mr FitzPatrick yesterday heard from the former head of compliance with the bank, Brian Gillespie, who also told the court that one of the accused, Tiarnan O’Mahoney, told him to get his approval before submitting accounts sought by Revenue.

The witness said another accused, Bernard Daly, had asked him if he would delete an account if Mr FitzPatrick asked him to.