Posted on February 19, 2010.
Enters Fraud Docs related to the loan Round Gold 450M In Ireland Irish fraud squad detectives caught the documents that are related to Euro 451 million loan known as the infamous "Golden Circle Lending" at the headquarters of Anglo Irish Bank.
The financial regulator, which is too light an independent investigation into matters at the bank, confirmed it had discovered serious matters, they are referring to the Gardai. The material obtained by the detectives is also related to the exchange of 7.45 billion euros from the Anglo-Irish and Irish Life & Permanent.
The information showed that the investigations by the Financial Regulator and director of corporate enforcement has been successful. After the bank was attacked by detectives from the fraud, tight security has been mounted to the safe custody of documents while the detectives were examining them.
Sources revealed that the main objective of this initial research focused on documenting the "golden circle" of loans to see if they were in breach of section 60 of Companies Act. The section bars companies to give loans to purchase their own shares, unless the money is part of the routine business of this company. Also under study are directors of the bank that acquired loans.
It is alleged that the Bank has lent Anglo-Irish? 451 million to 10 customers so they can buy 10 percent of the bank, indirectly owned by a businessman Sean Quinn, to support its share price and manipulate the market situation is an abuse of scholarship regulations. The Director of Fraud Investigation is investigating whether this amounts to market manipulation.
Under the new rules of the European Union, market manipulation and insider trading invite fines of up to 10 million Euros and the time 10 years in prison if convicted and sentenced.
For the Bank to grant a loan, he was considered the person's capacity to repay, but the "Golden Circle" does not follow this criterion, the only security which has been introduced have been actions that have been purchased, which are now virtually worthless. Accounting and legal sources said that the company director and financial controller implementation must prove that the loans were granted under normal conditions. Only 25% of loans were backing the guarantee, and out of 83million euros were paid only a portion of it believed to be the sale of shares before the Anglo Irish bank before nationalization.
Meanwhile, detectives are searching the secret loans from the former bank president Sean Fitzpatrick and his borrowings from the Irish Nationwide Building Society to conceal the loans. 15 directors have resigned from their positions as directors in the wake of the scandal golden circle "between them Anne Heralty the former executive director Anglo not.
The government has sanctioned the contract of 500.000 euros, which will see the beefing up of security at the office of Appleby, the Head Guard, on Parnell Square, because of its role in the investigation of white collar crime in Dublin.