Karina Cully (36) admitted diverting sums from small office supplies company to fund her lifestyle expenses
Cully, of Churchfield Glen, Ashbourne, Co Meath, pleaded guilty to charges of theft, forgery and deception in relation to a mortgage application and money laundering on dates between 2014 and 2021. She has no previous convictions.Judge Martin Nolan said it was a quite simple but very efficient theft that was always going to be detected at some point. He noted there was little evidence of where Cully had spent the money.
However, the judge said it was persistent theft from someone Cully knew very well and from a small enterprise where the person she stole from was someone she met every day. He sentenced Cully to two years imprisonment.The prosecuting garda told John Moher BL, prosecuting, that Cully’s employer contacted her after suspicions were raised about certain payments and, following an investigation, she made full admissions to making unauthorised transfers to her personal bank account.
In the course of the investigation it was also discovered that a number of documents related to a mortgage application were forged by Cully including an inflated statement of salary and a reference. She also made full admissions in relation to these offences.Gerardine Small SC, defending, said Cully has sent an email to her former employer outlining what she had done and how disgusted she was with herself.
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