Corporate watchdog brings 62 charges for company law violations

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Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement expects a ‘potentially significant’ surge in company failures

Fifty-one company directors were restricted and 16 were disqualified last year, ODCE director Ian Drennan said. Photograph: Dara Mac DonaillSixty two criminal charges were brought last year against named individuals arising from investigative work by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement .

He said that, at year end, four cases, involving some 60 charges remained before the district or circuit courts and one file was with the DPP for consideration as to whether charges should be brought on indictment. The number of forensic accountants employed at the ODCE jumped from four to seven last year, with the number of detective gardaí attached to the office doubling to eight.

 

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