Two former solicitors charged with conspiring to defraud banks

Former solicitors Keith Flynn and Lyndsey Clarke, who practised as Keith Flynn & Company, The Capel Building, Mary’s Street, Dublin 7 pictured at Cork District court.Pic Cork Courts Limited

Two former solicitors - one of whom stood as a Fine Gael local election candidate - have been charged with conspiring to defraud several financial institutions.

Keith Flynn, 46, with an address at Blarney St in Cork city, and Lyndsey Clarke, 37, of the same address, appeared before Cork District Court on Wednesday morning where they faced a single charge each - that they conspired with each other between dates in 2016 and in 2018 to defraud a number of named banks and financial institutions.