Irish bosses convicted of NY construction firm payroll fraud start jail terms today

Navillus executives Dónal O’Sullivan, 62, and Pádraig Naughton, 52, were allowed spend Thanksgiving with their families before they begin their sentences today

Navillus executives Pádraig Naughton and Dónal O’Sullivan. 

Two Irishmen convicted of a long-running payroll fraud at one of New York city’s biggest construction firms are due to begin serving six months behind bars today, Monday.

Dónal O’Sullivan, 62, a native of Ballinskelligs, Co Kerry and Pádraig Naughton, 52, from Nenagh, Co Tipperary, were sentenced to jail last June, after being convicted in 2021 for running a fraudulent payroll scheme devised to avoid making required contributions to unions’ benefits funds on behalf of Navillus workers.