Ultimately, it was the finer details that tripped the fraudsters up, but not before their scheme had netted huge sums using multiple false identities .
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.
A married couple who created 60 false identities, donned disguises and paid homeless people for their PPS numbers to defraud banks and credit unions of €394,000 have been jailed.Keith Flynn, 46, was
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