Leitrim man avoids jail term for using fake documents to secure a mortgage
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A Leitrim man has received a fully suspended sentence for using fake documents in an attempt to procure a mortgage.
Aidan McGovern (40) of Croi na Carraige, Keshcarrigan, Leitrim pleaded guilty to providing false statements, wage slips for a non-existent company and a false p60 at KBC in Swords in 2018.
He has six previous convictions which are mainly for road traffic and public order offences.
Garda Karen Duffy of Swords Garda Station told Tom Neville BL prosecuting, that bank staff at KBC had ‘suspicions’ about the documents which they had received from McGovern.