'Front man' of €1m fraud given four years in prison

The "front man" of a complex fraud in which front companies and false identities were used to scam almost €1m from leading businesses has been given a four-year sentence by Judge Tony Hunt.

David Neill (aged 49) used the false identities "Mark Roche" and "David Roche" during the €800,000 fraud, with victims including multinationals and one Irish company which had to close due to its €423,186 losses.