A former election candidate who was jailed yesterday for her part in a €400,000 banking and credit union fraud is no longer a member of Fine Gael, the party have said.
Lyndsey Clarke (37) received just over 300 votes when she put her name forward for the party in the Cork North West Ward in the 2014 Cork City Council local elections.
However, speaking following her conviction yesterday after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud, a party spokesperson said she was “no longer a member” although it was unclear when her membership ended.
Married couple Clarke, and Keith Flynn (46) who are both former solicitors, operated a so-called “identity factory” and were jailed for a total of six years.
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TWO former solicitors who operated a so-called identity factory as part of an elaborate €400,000 fraud against Irish banks and credit unions were jailed for a total of six years.
Former solicitors who created fake identities and wore disguises to defraud banks jailed
Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard that the married couple stole close to €400,000 from banks and credit unions. By Olivia Kelleher Monday 22 Feb 2021, 1:58 PM Feb 22nd 2021, 1:58 PM 36,879 Views 34 Comments
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A MARRIED COUPLE who created sixty false identities, donned disguises and paid homeless people for their PPS numbers in order to defraud banks and credit unions of several hundred thousand euro have been jailed for four and two years.
Former solicitors Keith Flynn (46) who was jailed for four years, and Lyndsey Clarke (37) who was jailed for two years, previously pleaded guilty to fraud charges at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.