€1.1m fraudster remanded in custody

An insurance claims handler who defrauded Axa Insurance of €1.1m over five years has been remanded in custody pending sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Daniel O’Halloran (aged 52), of Jamestown Road, Finglas, pleaded guilty to 25 sample charges from a total of 178 counts on the indictment of defrauding Axa Insurance, Wolfe Tone Street, Dublin on dates between December 1999 and June 2004.