Credit union board chairman jailed for a year for €100k thefts over six years

Facility for Citybus employees forced to close in 2019 after spate of frauds and thefts by retired bus driver

David Stamper pleaded guilty to 10 counts of forgery, 41 counts of theft, and 31 counts of money laundering on dates between August 2009 and September 2015. Picture: Paddy Cummins

A credit union for Citybus employees was forced to close after the chair of its board of directors stole over €100,000 through a series of frauds and thefts, a court has heard.

Retired bus driver David Stamper (68) joined Citybus Employees Credit Union as a volunteer in 1994 before joining the board of directors in 1997. He became chair of the board in 2013 and began misappropriating funds in the credit union in 2009.