PRISON SENTENCE FOR DEFRAUDING CITY BANK
Date Published: 10-Oct-2011
A 47 year old, UK man, charged with dishonestly appropriating money from Bank Of Ireland in Eyre Square, has been sentenced to 9 months in prison.
Sean Crane of Sweeney House, West Bridge, Loughrea appeared before Galway Circuit Criminal Court charged with theft.
The court heard that Crane lodged cheques from a U.K bank account into his Loughrea account.
He then managed to withdraw 6 thousand euro from a teller at Bank Of Ireland in Eyre Square on 18th August 2007, knowing that there were no funds in his UK account to match the cheques.