Brothers who forged documents to get mortgage given suspended sentences

Two Cork brothers who bought forged documents to help them get a €650,000 mortgage have escaped with a suspended sentence and fine at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Riaz Hussain (aged 40) and Ashfaq Ahmed (aged 40) both of St Anthony's Store, Togher Cross, Togher but originally from Pakistan pleaded guilty to attempting to obtain a service from the Irish Mortgage Corporation by deception and using a counterfeit P60 between September 1 and 11, 2006.