Sean Quinn Jailed

opti0nal wrote: »

from Abercrombie and Fitch, that's where the Quinns get their casual clothing.

Naw, This'll be me!

Father Damo wrote: »

It is annoying but seriously, what will that be to an average Joe over 25 years, maybe 400 euro? It is regrettable but the taxpayer pays a whole lot more on social welfare for jobless lazy travellers during the CT years when theyb should have been working. That, if you ask me, is where the Irish taxpayer deserves a refund.

In saying that though if I used money from a work expenses account to put money on a horse I was certain would win, and it lost,I would not expect to keep my job. And whining that the horse owner assured me it was a good bet would not matter too much to anyone.

And if I was worth three billion I should be happy enough not to stake these bets anyway.

It would take a lot of travelers on the dole for a lot of years to add up to the 1.6 billion insurance black hole and the 2.5 billion black hole his Anglo punt cost the state.

Im a taxpayer and to be quite honest i would rather see some of my money going to lazy jobless travellers thank to pay for that slimeball. A traveller who was caught for 100,000 in welfare fraud over many years paid back the money and was still sent to jail for over a year, Sean gets a handy 9 weeks in the training unit.

This scumbag has deliberately moved assets worth 500million which should now be state property out of the states reach, over 100 million of state money has been paid already between legal costs and using an asset retrieval service in Russia to claw back the money. In a proper country he would get the Bernie Madoff treatment of 20 years, here he gets a loyal band of intellectually challenged misfits with black teeth and pitchforks to follow him into the bowels of hell, pathetic!

kunst nugget wrote: »

What does this have to do with Sean Quinn and his current situation? Do you believe all white collar crime should go unpunished?

I'd like to see all crime punished.

Japer wrote: »

lol lol. still at large after 4 years. Why should the public service go after other members of the public service? The bankers , the regulator, the Central Bank, Bertie,, the politicians, the dept of Finance........all are / were public service or as good as public service or worked for institutions which are now public service.
Only job creators get shafted in this banana republic. The inner circle get golden pensions. Quinn, like so many of us, trusted the banks and politicians to do their jobs properly......had they done so, the country would not be in a mess and Quinn would not be in jail.

That's funny, he wasn't a big fan of the regulator when they did their job with Quinn Insurance.

Maacgyver wrote: »

It would take a lot of travelers on the dole for a lot of years to add up to the 1.6 billion insurance black hole and the 2.5 billion black hole his Anglo punt cost the state.

Im a taxpayer and to be quite honest i would rather see some of my money going to lazy jobless travellers thank to pay for that slimeball. A traveller who was caught for 100,000 in welfare fraud over many years paid back the money and was still sent to jail for over a year, Sean gets a handy 9 weeks in the training unit.

This scumbag has deliberately moved assets worth 500million which should now be state property out of the states reach, over 100 million of state money has been paid already between legal costs and using an asset retrieval service in Russia to claw back the money. In a proper country he would get the Bernie Madoff treatment of 20 years, here he gets a loyal band of intellectually challenged misfits with black teeth and pitchforks to follow him into the bowels of hell, pathetic!

Although I disagree and say that travellrs are a far worse drain on the economy than Quinn....very good post :pac: Cavan is very like that though, they do love a gangster, everyone is on the take.

What happens is Quinn and his son refuse to co operate for the rest of their lives? Will the court case drag on litreally forever? The two of them will end up doing 9 week jail sentences every few months from now until their dying day?

Our man in Havana wrote: »

Ultimately the courts will lose patience and will commit them to prison indefinitely until they play ball.

Could that realistically happen? Would a whole life sentence really happen if they keep refusing? I reckon Quinn Sr would have the ego to stiff it out for the rest of his days rather than give up his fortune, I know people who worked for him and believe it or not, while he lives comfortably, he does not live to excess. He first became a millionaire years ago, yet until recently he lived in a fairly average four or five bedder at the foot of his golf course. None of this D4 champagne parties and all the other assorted horsey set lifestyle for him at all, most of his spending went on investments. I dont think the frugal lifestyle in prison would be enough to turn him. In his mind, he earned that money and they wont take it off him. Really, it is he same as John Gilligan- within the space of four years he had become a multi millionaire. He could have retired with his equestrian centre, with no prosecutable evidence against him. Maybe jumped into the drug game once a year for one off deals for a few six figures. Yet instead he kept going and took the punishment when it came. Nearly 20 years, but he will be out soon enough, and if you believe the Sunday World he still has his contacts and interests and will be ready to go again.

But would his younger son really have the balls to spend the next 50 years in jail until he dies on the grounds of family honour and pride? Its like the mafia :pac:

Maacgyver wrote: »

This scumbag has deliberately moved assets worth 500million which should now be is state property out of the states reach, over 100 million of state money has been paid already between legal costs and using an asset retrieval service in Russia to claw back the money. In a proper country he would get the Bernie Madoff treatment of 20 years, here he gets a loyal band of intellectually challenged misfits with black teeth and pitchforks to follow him into the bowels of hell, pathetic!

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