Michael Fingleton wanted someone else to 'take the flak' for Michael Lynn loan, trial told

A former senior underwriter at Irish Nationwide Building Society told the trial of a dispute with Mr Fingleton over a €4,125,000 loan to the former solicitor

The former senior underwriter at Irish Nationwide Building Society said that Michael Fingleton (pictured) had said that someone was going to be blamed for the €4,125,000 loan to Michael Lynn, but it was not going to be him. File photo: RollingNews.ie

A former underwriter for Irish Nationwide has told a multi-million euro theft trial that former bank boss Michael Fingleton told her he was not going to be blamed for agreeing a loan the bank ultimately wrote off as a loss of over €4 million.

Former solicitor Michael Lynn (53) is on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of the theft of around €27 million from seven financial institutions.