Brenny Mullin

chicorytip

Former Irish international Brendan Mullin (57) has appeared before Dublin District Court this morning charged with nine counts of theft and fraud accusing him of stealing 573,000 euro from the Bank Of Ireland between 2011 and 2013. He is also accused of deceiving two individuals to sign a payment instruction to make a gain for himself by causing a loss for another. He is also charged with five counts of false accounting. He is due back in court on November 11.

Sheep Shagger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058074644/off-topic-thread-5-0#latest

The Silver Branch

Janey. Always came across as such a clean cut individual.

Feets

'Needs his passport for work'...I know he is cocky but to actually expect to continue being employed somewhere? No u dont need ur passport Bren.

washman3

A few rounds of golf with the judge should secure a suspended sentence...!!!

Larbre34

Probably best not to be discussing this in any detail until the outcome of any trial that may follow. The man remains innocent and free to work in the meantime.

tdf7187

Must admit I was tempted to post this story but we are not supposed to discuss ongoing court cases I think?

Sheep Shagger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117919996#Comment_117919996

Is he not self employed?

Feets

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117921832#Comment_117921832

It didn't say his current job...but I was thinking the travelling might be to swiss banks or cayman islands if u get my drift.

Asus X540L

Wow when The indo mentioned this yesterday and didn't give a name I guessed Brendan Mullin and I was right.

Stanley 1

There is a story in the ST about a Receiver being appointed to a poroperty development in Sandymount, it's behind a paywall.

Murph_D

And here we are, sentenced at last. Three years. Light enough sentence. "White Collar crime, etc."

chicorytip

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117919488#Comment_117919488

Mmm. Steve Silvermint was his nickname back in his Trinity days.

Allinall

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122883723#Comment_122883723

You reckon he should have got life?

Murph_D

Speak for yourself! 😁

What do you think of the whole business?

cute geoge

proably not his 1st time swindling either ,you hardly start off stealing 500k to begin with ,knew well how to cover his tracks as well

chicorytip

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122884474#Comment_122884474

Sure, the money was only resting in his account, your honour.

AndrewJRenko

Surely the professional firms who were paid for personal work out of bank company funds should have noticed that something was up?

sugarman20

I think it was a big sentence considering that the money was paid back.

chicorytip

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122886761#Comment_122886761

…and considering that the presiding judge was Martin Nolan who is noted for giving what many consider to be lenient sentences for crimes that would be regarded as far more heinous than this particular one.

kabakuyu

A lot of tough sentences hand down this past week,a well known criminal lawyer got 24 months and the rioter got six years.

Ben Bailey

Considering that Mullin repaid all he stole (which the vast majority of convicted thieves do not) might it not benefit society more to have him serve his sentence doing something (unpaid) useful for a deserving (? charitable) organisation, rather than the State funding his imprisonment ?. What do we gain from him spending time behind bars (at our expense) other than a vague sense that justice has been served ?.

Viscount Aggro

Will he get special treatment inside?

Doubt he will housed with proper criminals.. maybe put him in Shelton Abbey?

Anyway, he helped me out greatly, so I owe him a lot.

cute geoge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122887665#Comment_122887665

half an oul story we believe you

chicorytip

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122887665#Comment_122887665

He could get special treatment alright.😁

ersatz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122887652#Comment_122887652

A vague sense that justice has been served is the raison d'être of the criminal justice system. Rare enough for white collar crime to see jail in Ireland, Anglo Irish being another exception where 3 of the execs got 3 years (same judge, these were widely ciritciesed as being very lenient) and Drumm got six. That served to allow a larger group of execs from other banks skate entirely. I guess Mullin got time because the case likely achieved a level of attention because of his sports background and the judge didn't want to be seen letting a well known crook walk. It's a funny one where the same judge routinely releases people convicted of violent assault, dv and manslaughter, he's also repeatedly given suspended sentences to people convicted of possessing and distributing child porn. And he notoriously sentenced the garlic importer to 6 years for tax evasion. There is actually a petition to have this judge disbarred, he's a case.

Ben Bailey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122890309#Comment_122890309

Yes, I think Mullin's fame added to the likliehood of him getting a notable sentence. Not that anonymity or fame should come into it, but inevitably it does. I'd rather see the punishment fit the crime & give the convicted person an opportunity to regain some self respect, and benefit society as it does so.

The storied history of that particular judge's sentencing record is another thing entirely.

chicks4free

I thought that he would only get a slap on the wrist. Maybe Ireland isn’t “rugby country” after all.

A2LUE42

Wasn't he also a director of Zamano, the company that used to send premium reverse charge scam sms messages?

Stanley 1

Covers this complicated story very well, lot of people involved.

https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/brendan-mullin-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-rugby-rainmaker-2kmflstxk

walshb

Greed… awful way to end up. I never understand it. It’s not like he wasn’t very comfortable. And now all he’ll really remembered for is a convicted “thief.”

walshb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122912755#Comment_122912755

paywall

landofthetree

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122890309#Comment_122890309

The garlic sentence was so harsh because it related to the customs union. Can't be seen to be soft on such crimes.

cap.in.hand.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122912772#Comment_122912772

No

Greengrass53

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122887665#Comment_122887665

Do tell please!

Stanley 1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122912772#Comment_122912772

archive.is/upaSJ

Ben Bailey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122912755#Comment_122912755

Paywalled

Stanley 1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122914532#Comment_122914532

See post 36

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122890837#Comment_122890837

I don't normally agree with capital punishment, but….

Ben Bailey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122914622#Comment_122914622

Link to Indo story on a different matter ?

ersatz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122912782#Comment_122912782

It was well out of sync with tax evasion sentencing and there aren't explicit laws distinguishing between sentences for breaking customs union rules over other kinds of tax fraud. Further to the 'vague sense of justice' point above, a lack of consistency and coherence in sentencing really does raise questions about the fairness with which laws are applied to different individuals and classes of people. Nolan is a poster boy for contributing to a sense that laws are not applied equitably and a very small number of people are jailed for tax evasion in Ireland (4-12 annually) though the numbers of cases of tax evasion reported by revenue are near 20k annually.