Case No. 2868Theft, false accounting · Co. Dublin
Ex-rugby international Brendan Mullin jailed for three years for stealing over €500,000 from Bank of Ireland
Brendan Mullin, 61, former Irish rugby international and former managing director of Bank of Ireland Private Bank, was sentenced to three years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after a jury found him guilty on 12 of 14 charges of stealing more than €570,000 from the bank between 2011 and 2013.
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- Sentenced25 Nov
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Key facts
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- whatHe stole more than €570,000 from Bank of Ireland between 2011 and 2013. (irishtimes.com)
- whatHe was the managing director of Bank of Ireland Private Bank at the time of the theft. (irishtimes.com)
- whatMoney was paid by the private bank to McCann FitzGerald solicitors, Beechwood accountants and Grant Thornton for work done for Mullin personally or for his firm Quantum Investment Strategies. (irishtimes.com)
- what€500,000 was transferred to a company called Spice Holdings registered in the British Virgin Islands. (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe charges arose from the theft of money from a Spanish man facing a criminal damage charge (irishtimes.com)
- whereThe theft occurred at a sitting of Dublin District Court on July 30, 2016 (irishtimes.com)
- whenMullin was charged in 2021, almost a decade after the thefts occurred. (irishtimes.com)
- chargeHe pleaded guilty to one count of harassing Stephen O'Mahony between June 25, 2020 and February 11, 2021 (irishtimes.com)
- chargeHe was found guilty by a jury of the theft of €400 in July 2016 (irishtimes.com)
- chargeHe was found guilty by a jury of four counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice in December 2017 (irishtimes.com)
- courtHe stood trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. (irishtimes.com)
- courtThe jury returned guilty verdicts on 12 of the 14 charges. (irishtimes.com)
- courtThe jury was directed to return a not guilty verdict on a count of deception. (irishtimes.com)
- courtThe sentencing hearing took place at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceMullin was sentenced to three years in prison. (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceThe offences warranted a six-year sentence which was reduced to three years. (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceCahir O'Higgins was sentenced to 27 months in prison (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceThe new sentence will see him stay in jail up to April 2026 (irishtimes.com)
- otherSpice Holdings was a client that Mullin had brought into the bank. (irishtimes.com)
- otherAll the money had been repaid before the Garda investigation began. (irishtimes.com)
- otherWhen the missing money came to light, Mullin was suspended and later forced to resign. (irishtimes.com)
- otherMullin had 55 caps for Ireland and retired in 1995 holding the Irish record for most tries scored. (irishtimes.com)
- otherMullin was educated at Blackrock College and studied law at Trinity. (irishtimes.com)
- otherHe was already in prison for other offences (irishtimes.com)
- otherHe was once one of the highest-earning practitioners in the criminal legal aid scheme (irishtimes.com)
- otherO'Higgins had been an inpatient at the St John of God psychiatric hospital in Dublin (irishtimes.com)
The reporting
newest first- 25 Nov2024Solicitor Cahir O’Higgins sentenced to 27 months in prison
Reports the sentencing of Cahir O'Higgins to 27 months for theft and perverting the course of justice, details his earlier guilty plea for assault and harassment of Stephen O'Mahony, and includes defence submissions about his psychological state and family background.
convicted, male, irish (judged from name)victim, male, irish (judged from name)victim, male, Spanish, non-irish - 25 Nov2024Ex-rugby international Brendan Mullin sentenced to three years for stealing over €500,000 from Bank of Ireland
Sentencing report. Judge Martin Nolan reduced a six-year sentence to three years, noting Mullin was in a position of trust and power as CEO of the private bank and was 'obviously somewhat desperate for funds'. All money had been repaid before the Garda investigation began.
convicted, Brendan Mullin, 61, male, named, irish (judged from name)Brendan Mullin