Stockbroker pleads guilty to fraud charge
A junior partner in failed Cork stockbrokers, W&R Morrogh, has pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to fraudulently converting almost Stg £17,000.
Stephen Pearson, aged 43, from North Esk, Glanmire, Cork, who is facing a further 46 charges involving about Irl£4.5m, made up in both Irl£ and Stg£, has been remanded on bail by Judge Desmond Hogan for sentence on June 29.