Column: When is jailing a fraudster no cause to celebrate? When it’s in Ireland.
NORMALLY THE CONVICTION and jailing of a tax fraudster is a cause for celebration, some well-deserved back patting and a national round of “serves him right.” Derek Floyd ripped off the state (and you and me) for €683,138 in VAT repayments he wasn’t owed and was convicted on some 40 counts relating to the fiddling of his returns, which he had pled not guilty to at the outset of his trial in Ennis. The warm glow of watching a tight git led away to prison was marred on account of the fact that Floyd is suffering a massive injustice
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Column: When is jailing a fraudster no cause to celebrate? When it’s in Ireland.
