Sean Fitzpatrick Arrested

znv6i3h7kqf9ys

Good enough for him.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0318/bray.html

RoadKillTs

In before Magnus!!

ilovelamp2000

hehe

MaybeLogic

May he rot in his cell, before he is questioned and then released without charge, later on today.

Lux23

I would say if they have anything on him they will make an example of him. The government, police and FR are too wary of public opinion to let him get away with it.

bonerm

Hopefully they'll make him share a cell with Patrick Fitzsean.

pickarooney

rugby forum ---->

sbsquarepants

Paddy power could give you a million to 1 for seany to go to jail. It just doesn't happen in this country.

McTigs

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Paddy power could give you a million to 1 for seany to go to jail. It just doesn't happen in this country.

I dunno, Lenihan appears to be pretty pissed off with him.

Probably stems from fitzpatricks snubbing of him and the authorities in general ever since the banking crises kicked off. He's been a right arrogant prick about the whole thing.... i'm pretty sure the waited till they had gathered enough substantial evidence before knocking on the door.

bullpost

Thing is - did he break the law? With regulation so lax during that period it may be difficult to convict him. On the other hand he should be accountable for his current debts and must be pursued at a time when people are losing their homes because of his policies.

paddydriver

Won't be happy until we see him being led out of the house with the cuffs on - in true US style;)

Then we know that they mean business.

Likely what we will see is him joking with the Guard's holding him.

How is the handicap Sean? - Ah sure it's great Guard..

Dravokivich

pickarooney wrote: »

rugby forum ---->

Huh?

Lux23

bullpost wrote: »

Thing is - did he break the law? With regulation so lax during that period it may be difficult to convict him. On the other hand he should be accountable for his current debts and must be pursued at a time when people are losing their homes because of his policies.

Anglo aren't in the mortgage business so his policies wouldn't have affected anyone that way.

Gyalist

Dravokivich wrote: »

Huh?

Sean Fitzpatrick

testicle

Dravokivich wrote: »

Huh?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Fitzpatrick

seamus

Lux23 wrote: »

Anglo aren't in the mortgage business so his policies wouldn't have affected anyone that way.

Indirectly you could argue that Anglo's less than ethical loan policies provided a platform for developers to milk it in terms of property, leading to unrealistic house prices and therefore overstretched mortgages.

Of course, Anglo didn't provide those overstretched mortgages...

bonerm

Dravokivich wrote: »

Huh?

I didn't realise we had Americans on this forum.

AnonoBoy

Good.

That is all.

kmick

According to some wag I talked to this morning it is alleged Anglo are about to announce a 12bn loss - the largest loss in corporate Irish history. This will have to be paid out of our taxes. Also it is alleged he has been quietly disposing of all his assets to family in the last few months to avoid the state seizing them.

The thought of him sitting in a cell without shoe laces goes a tiny way towards the revenge Cowen will need to get him with for the Irish public to be sated.

Hopefully this 12bn loss is enought to topple FF.

ilovelamp2000

kmick wrote: »

According to some wag I talked to this morning it is alleged Anglo are about to announce a 12bn loss - the largest loss in corporate Irish history. This will have to be paid out of our taxes. Also it is alleged he has been quietly disposing of all his assets to family in the last few months to avoid the state seizing them.

The thought of him sitting in a cell without shoe laces goes a tiny way towards the revenge Cowen will need to get him with for the Irish public to be sated.

Hopefully this 12bn loss is enought to topple FF.

Either I'm having deja vu or that 12 billion loss was mentioned weeks ago already

Hagar

kmick wrote: »

Hopefully this 12bn loss is enought to topple FF.

Not a chance, the saps on both sides will vote the same way they always did.

SlabMurphy

About time. I remember him on Primetime showing an interview with him a few years ago and bragging about taking on the main banks etc and with a conceited smile saying " It's not about money, it's a game ". Hope he enjoys his little ' game ' ending in a prison cell hopefully.

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Who?

bonerm

SlabMurphy wrote: »

About time. I remember him on Primetime showing an interview with him a few years ago and bragging about taking on the main banks etc and with a conceited smile saying " It's not about money, it's a game ". Hope he enjoys his little ' game ' ending in a prison cell hopefully.

.... and like has been alluded to earlier he should be getting his "get out of jail free" card any time now.

hamsterboy

Dunno where the image tag helper is gone but.............
From his Wiki page


HB

Dravokivich

Gyalist wrote: »

Sean Fitzpatrick

testicle wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Fitzpatrick

Not the same guy folks... but sure... why not... move it over to rugby... then lets have them see it passed over to an economy forum...

bonerm wrote: »

I didn't realise we had Americans on this forum.

I'm sure that Dragon guy is American...

...I'm not

timelessone

From RTE Website:

''On 18 March 2010, Gardai arrested Sean Fitzpartick at his residence in Greystones, Co. Wicklow. After a ten minute gunfight, which saw Fitzpatrick clamber to the roof of his family home shouting "Made it Ma, top of the world!", Garda negotiators enticed him down by announcing that "a three ball needs a fourth on the first tee at Druids Glen". Gardai threatening to "Go Corrib" finally convinced FitzPatrick to co-operate. FitzPatrick was lead away to a safe house in the K Club for intense interrogation.''

milnerrm

ha...good one

jclare56

well its about time - now he is where he belongs, with all the other criminals!!!

Fozzie Bear

Christ how long did that take exactly? Months? Years? to just arrest and charge him. He has had all that time to dispose of assets, prepare his defense, play golf and generally swan about the place while the rest of us struggle to get by and survive from day to day.

Bernie Madoff was reported on December 10th 2008, arrested on December 11th by the FBI, got the "perp walk" in hand cuffs in front of the media and has been in jail since last June and will spend the rest of his days there rotting. Sentence was 150 years I think???

How long will this case drag on thorugh the courts only for Fitzpatrick to get off on a technicality or get a few years in some open jail and get out in time to enjoy his ill gotten gains and retire to some tropical paradise.

Oafley Jones

Fozzie Bear wrote: »

How long will this case drag on thorugh the courts only for Fitzpatrick to get off on a technicality or get a few years in some open jail and get out in time to enjoy his ill gotten gains and retire to some tropical paradise.

[solicitor]How can poor Mr. Sean FitzPatrick get a fair trial in this country when he's been demonised by the Media.[/solicitor]

hooradiation

Fozzie Bear wrote: »

Christ how long did that take exactly? Months? Years? to just arrest and charge him.

It's usually a bad idea to just arrest someone for the hell of it.
Due process, building a case and all that takes ti... ahh who the fuck am i kidding, you don't care.

Rabble rabble rabble, burn the witch!

podgemonster

Would totally turn a blind eye if Sean Fitzpatrick 'accidently' fell down the stairs of the police station and landed awkwardly on some batons.
Karma comes back around like!

zootroid

hooradiation wrote: »

It's usually a bad idea to just arrest someone for the hell of it.
Due process, building a case and all that takes ti... ahh who the fuck am i kidding, you don't care.

Rabble rabble rabble, burn the witch!

That's fair enough, but everyone is aware of the details, the dodgy transfers between Anglo and Irish Life, the golden circle loans to prop up the share price, and his own loans that weren't disclosed. If everyone is aware of this, why is it taking so long to build a case?

So is he paying back that massive loan he took out? If he is, did he do anything else?

hooradiation

zootroid wrote: »

That's fair enough, but everyone is aware of the details, the dodgy transfers between Anglo and Irish Life, the golden circle loans to prop up the share price, and his own loans that weren't disclosed. If everyone is aware of this, why is it taking so long to build a case?

Everybody is aware of sweet fuck all.

Just because people think they know what was happening doesn't mean that they do or that there has been enough actual evidence to get a conviction for ages and people were just...waiting for some reason.


If they tore in with what the public thinks is the sum of the case then it would have thrown out and we'd have people bitching about how he "got off an technicality", which is a myth in of itself, but that's for another day.

Jules1977

Well it is about time ! I am delighted ! :-)

seamus

Deleted User wrote: »

So is he paying back that massive loan he took out? If he is, did he do anything else?

Probably. You can't just arrest someone to take them in for questioning...

PeakOutput

zootroid wrote: »

That's fair enough, but everyone is aware of the details, the dodgy transfers between Anglo and Irish Life, the golden circle loans to prop up the share price, and his own loans that weren't disclosed. If everyone is aware of this, why is it taking so long to build a case?

whivch part of that is illegal? do you know? i dont i imagine that the only part of what you listed that might be illegal is the loans to prop up share prices or the loans he took o buy his own shares. i have a feeling that he has been arrested and is being questioned for something we havnt heard about yet

i hope he does go to jail but mentioning him in the same sentence as bernie madoff is stupid

Jules1977

What! He had it coming to him so he did. I mean he is the reason why the country is in the state its in but lets not get into a long debate about that. :)Julie

rolion

I bet my wages that he won't feel nothing and he will walk free with some silly punishment ! ! Where do we think those loans went !? To one like me ? I'm No one/No Name in the high,posh society ! ! I'm struggling to pay my damn bills,other are still enjoying high style on plastic money / carton-paper moneys...

He will be accused,he will not talk,the big boys will cover him and ... happy days !'cause if he talks,the old boys network will be heavily hit !

It happened in the past,is happening and it will happen in the future !
(I hope until 2012)

Wreck

Jules1977 wrote: »

What! He had it coming to him so he did. I mean he is the reason why the country is in the state its in but lets not get into a long debate about that. :)Julie

Eh no he's not. He has most almost certainly broken the law, and deserves to be punished, but his contribution to the current state of the economy is pretty insignificant. There are plenty of other groups who played far more important roles in ruining the country.

orourkeda

I know this is probably a silly question but what exactly is he being charged with.

Muckie

He'll probably get away with it, be back in the "old boys club"
laughing about it and drinking brandy's. What What chaps!
Millions, billions its all up in the sky, people of he's ilk don't
care.

Jules1977

Very good! Ya have it all in one! That is so true. These guys should have got jail like other countries but yep he will say nothing and be sent on his way probably. But I reckon he transferrred funds etc into his wifes name though

MikeC101

zootroid wrote: »

That's fair enough, but everyone is aware of the details, the dodgy transfers between Anglo and Irish Life, the golden circle loans to prop up the share price, and his own loans that weren't disclosed. If everyone is aware of this, why is it taking so long to build a case?

Because cases like this are complicated, and there's lots of technicalities a case could hinge on. Add to that the fact that he's going to have the best legal team money can buy, and they'll pick holes in anything that's not exactly by the book.
You don't want to rush things to appease the electorate, only to have the case thrown out or lost due to an oversight. Hell, how many of the "burn him, hang him, he tuk arr economy" brigade even know what he might be charged with?

Son Of A Vidic

Have we a date set for his exceution yet?

91011

timelessone wrote: »

From RTE Website:

''On 18 March 2010, Gardai arrested Sean Fitzpartick at his residence in Greystones, Co. Wicklow. After a ten minute gunfight, which saw Fitzpatrick clamber to the roof of his family home shouting "Made it Ma, top of the world!", Garda negotiators enticed him down by announcing that "a three ball needs a fourth on the first tee at Druids Glen". Gardai threatening to "Go Corrib" finally convinced FitzPatrick to co-operate. FitzPatrick was lead away to a safe house in the K Club for intense interrogation.''

looks better this way

Teddy Chips

Bout time. An example needs to be set.

Jaysoose

IS it weird to anybody else that this has happened when his big mate brian is off on hols?

zootroid

PeakOutput wrote: »

whivch part of that is illegal? do you know? i dont i imagine that the only part of what you listed that might be illegal is the loans to prop up share prices or the loans he took o buy his own shares. i have a feeling that he has been arrested and is being questioned for something we havnt heard about yet

i hope he does go to jail but mentioning him in the same sentence as bernie madoff is stupid

The transfer between Anglo and Irish Life would definitely be illegal, they classed it as customer deposits when it was an inter bank deposit, there by making the bank look more attractive to the stock market.

I have also refrained from saying I hope he rots etc, but given that news of this broke over a year ago I think the guards are taking their time with the investigation.