Leitrim man on trial for allegedly deceiving five men into giving him almost €1.8 million

Simon Gold is alleged to have used a false ESB bill to open a bank account for an entity titled Anglo Irish Global Ltd

Image: PA Images Image: PA Images A MAN HAS gone on trial charged with deceiving five men into transferring approximately €1.765 million total into bank accounts he controlled.

In his opening address to the jury, Lorcan Staines SC, prosecuting, said it was the prosecution’s case that the accused had represented himself as Simon Gold, Simon Gould, Simon Magnier and Niall O’Donoghue. Counsel said that a quarry business owner, a dairy farmer, and two men involved in the construction sector transferred an approximate total of €75,000 into various accounts.

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