A two-year-jail term was imposed on a 55-year-old credit union official from Cork for the theft of €407,000. The judge said Moira Coughlan plundered accounts of deceased members in a breach of trust that was phenomenal. Moira Coughlan pictured at Cork Circuit Criminal Court in respect of 592 charges in respect of Synergy/Fermoy Credit Union in North Cork. A small number of accounts were ones for which she had authority but most of them were accounts of deceased credit union members. In a victim impact statement on behalf of the credit union the hope was expressed that her punishment would be proportionate to her actions.

Source: Irish Examiner February 08, 2019 14:09 UTC