Lawyer arrested on suspicion of theft and false accounting

Gardaí arrested a lawyer on Thursday on suspicion of theft and false accounting.

Male in his 50s, based in the Leinster area. Allegations of theft, false accounting, forgery, and use of fraudulent means were made against him.

The alarm was raised by an attorney’s client who made a specific theft allegation against a man.

The bar association then investigated the lawyer’s activities and revealed a suspected deficit in the client’s account. He tried to cover it up by submitting false documents purporting to show they no longer existed.

The law association reported the matter to the Metropolitan Police Department, and detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) launched an independent investigation.

The man is being held at the Leinster police station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.