Ex-solicitor Byrne charged with €2m theft

Struck-off solicitor Thomas Byrne was charged today with stealing more than €2m from clients in connection with the purchase of an apartment building in Dublin.

Ex-solicitor Byrne charged with €2m theft
Fri, 09 Dec, 2011 - 17:07

Struck-off solicitor Thomas Byrne was charged today with stealing more than €2m from clients in connection with the purchase of an apartment building in Dublin.

Fraud squad officers detained the ex-solicitor at Irishtown Garda Station in south Dublin yesterday.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: DublinPlace: Irishtown Garda stationPlace: south DublinPlace: Walkinstown Road, Dublin 12Place: Aungier StPlace: Dublin 2Place: WalkinstownPlace: Upper Dorset Street, Dublin 1Person: ByrnePerson: Thomas ByrnePerson: Brian WhelanPerson: Brian MaherPerson: Enda MulryanPerson: Paschal WalshPerson: Cormac DunnePerson: WalshPerson: DunnePerson: Seán Ó SiothcháinPerson: David ChristiePerson: JudgeOrganisation: Dublin District CourtOrganisation: Permanent TSBOrganisation: Garda Bureau of Fraud InvestigationOrganisation: Department of Foreign Affairs
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