Financial controller has jail term cut on appeal

A financial controller jailed for stealing €281,000 from his employer, Deutsche Bank, through the unauthorised use of his company credit card, has had his jail term cut on appeal.

Patrick Moran, aged 40, of Woodstown Rise, Knocklyon, Dublin, had pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to sample charges of stealing cash, falsifying documents, and using a false instrument on dates between November 2011 and January 2013.

He was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by Judge Martin Nolan on July 31, 2015.