Former Cork solicitors who 'asked rough sleepers for PPS numbers' jailed for bank fraud

The judge said 14 financial institutions, apart from Bank of Ireland, “were asleep at the wheel” when the couple carried out the fraud.

Former solicitors Keith Flynn and Lyndsey Clarke, who were jailed today for a targeted fraud campaign against banks and credit unions. File photo: Cork Courts Limited

Two former solicitors who are married to each other were jailed for their elaborate criminal scheme targeting banks and credit unions – effectively to lend money to people who did not exist.

Keith Flynn, 46, was sentenced to four years in prison backdated to October 27, 2020 when he went into custody.