Potential DPP move to confiscate assets possibly linked to jailed former solicitor Michael Lynn adjourned
Adjournment granted pending outcome of appeal by Lynn against five-and-a-half year sentence
Michael Lynn
Former solicitor and property developer Michael Lynn was sentenced to five and a half years in February 2024. He was convicted in December 2023 of 10 counts of stealing around €17.9m from six financial institutions 16 years ago.
Businessman challenges prosecution for alleged failure to provide passwords to gardaí
Dublin-based Yavor Poptoshev, a business associate of Michael Lynn, claims he did not provide access to devices due to fears he might incriminate himself
DPP suspects €6m in property and cash may be linked to Michael Lynn’s €80m bank theft, court told
Judge adjourns to July bid to put questions to former solicitor who is serving five-and-a-half years for theft from banks
Michael Lynn ordered to provide statement of financial means before legal aid will be granted
Former solicitor seeking appeal against conviction for stealing more than €18m from financial institutions
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Garda hunt for Michael Lynn’s missing millions
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Michael Lynn’s family living in house owned by company set up just months before purchase
Wife of jailed former solicitor is understood to be living in the house in Brittas that was sold two years ago for almost half a million euro
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How one seller became unwittingly entangled in Michael Lynn’s Celtic Tiger property dealings
Journalist Siobhan Long faced a stressful period in 2007 when Lynn, then a solicitor amassing a sizeable property portfolio, briefly ran out of finance trying to buy her home
Gardaí believe Michael Lynn used stolen cash for money-laundering scheme after return to Ireland
Sprawling investigation culminated last month in searches of five properties, including Lynn’s family home, by armed gardaí
News of ‘choirboy’ Michael Lynn’s dishonest dealings left his Co Mayo hometown reeling
Relative described the months after his financial misdemeanours came to light as ‘like there was someone dead in the family’
Former solicitor Michael Lynn sentenced to five and a half years for theft of €17.9m
Lawyer for accused said client’s time in Brazilian prison left him with PTSD due to violence witnessed, including a decapitation
Michael Lynn: The Celtic Tiger solicitor who flew high and fell fast
Former property tycoon who spent years in prison in Brazil fighting extradition is now in an Irish jail
Forged signatures, ‘secret deals’ and a Brazilian prison: The full story of Michael Lynn’s Celtic Tiger theft trial
Former solicitor has been convicted of stealing almost €18m from six financial institutions, 16 years after his boom-era property and financial dealings came to light
Michael Lynn found guilty of stealing almost €18m from six financial institutions
Former solicitor guilty on 10 charges with jury unable to agree on 11 further counts
Ex-Irish nationwide executive accuses former solicitor Michael Lynn of lying
Home loans manager says he never met or spoke with him
Michael Lynn denies he told a ‘pack of lies’ over relations with senior Irish bankers
Former solicitor says banker Michael Fingleton ‘threw him to the wolves’
Lynn says he gave Fingleton €5,000-€10,000 ‘spending money’
Former solicitor tells court translation difficulties delayed return from Brazil
Lynn tells court of witnessing prisoner beheading in Brazil
Accused also describes paying for banker’s flights to Portugal and Hungary
Michael Lynn tells judge he had ‘profit share’ arrangement with Michael Fingleton
Former solicitor says he was driven but was not a thief
Lynn tells court banks facilitated ‘undertaking only’ mortgages
Former solicitor says no concerns about his statement of affairs were ever raised with him
Michael Lynn tells trial he wasn’t involved in day-to-day running of practice
Former solicitor takes stand in multimillion euro theft trial
Michael Lynn trial hears of former solicitor’s arrest
Multimillion-euro theft trial involves 21 counts
Solicitor denies complicity in securing multiple mortgages on properties
Trial hears Law Society inquiry into affairs at Michael Lynn and Co only criticised Mr Lynn
Solicitor who worked for Michael Lynn says law firm letters prompted first ‘alarm bells’
Fiona McAleenan tells court of correspondence from two firms about same properties
Legal colleague of Michael Lynn denies acting for him in property deals
Solicitor tells theft trial she never signed mortgage applications for Lynn
Legal executive tells court she often signed Michael Lynn’s name on loan documentation
Elizabeth Doyle says office was ‘hectic’ and ‘there was a fear there’
Lynn trial hears former solicitor paid deposits of just 5% on property purchases
Court told of failings and delays surrounding closing of deals
Former senior PTSB official denies lender turned blind eye to Lynn loan condition
‘There was no culture in the bank of anyone turning a blind eye to the conditions’
Lynn told bank manager he intended to stay in country, court hears
Meeting held with lender after newspaper reported on solicitor’s business affairs
Michael Fingleton said he was not going to be blamed for €4m Lynn loan, court told
Courts hears of dispute within INBS over who signed off on loan for Howth house
Auditor denies knowledge of alleged secret deal between Lynn and Fingleton
‘Our procedures could have been better’ former Irish Nationwide auditor tells court
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