Kerry siblings seek acquittal or fresh trial over fraud convictions in US

Navillus president Dónal O'Sullivan is a passive investor with his brother, Kevin O’Sullivan, in the Port of Cork site in Cork city.

Dónal O'Sullivan, president of US construction firm Navillus

THE Kerryman founder of a major New York construction company, convicted of defrauding unions of benefit funds, has filed a motion seeking an acquittal or a fresh trial.

Dónal O’Sullivan, from Ballinskelligs, whose brother Kevin is behind proposals for a €150m development at Custom House Quay in Cork city, was convicted along with his sister, Helen O’Sullivan, who ran the firm's payroll department and Pádraig Naughton, the head accountant. They were found to have deliberately devised a fraudulent scheme to avoid making required contributions to union benefit funds on behalf of workers at Navillus.