No jail for Paddy Power worker who stole €67k after finding glitch in their machines

Sean Keyes did not profit from his gambling and, because he immediately gambled the money he won again with Paddy Power, the company did not lose any money.

Sean Keyes got a two-and-a-half-year sentence and suspended it on a number of conditions. Picture: Collins Courts

A Paddy Power employee who stole more than €67,000 from the company after he discovered a glitch in their gambling machines has been given a suspended sentence.

Sean Keyes (34) was a compulsive gambler who stole the money from the machines but then immediately gambled it away with Paddy Power again, meaning the company was not at a loss of any money, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard on Tuesday.