Sven Spollen-Behrens, the former director of the Small Firms Association, who has admitted two counts of theft.Former lobbyist Sven Spollen-Behrens has pleaded guilty to stealing more than €20,000 from two local business groups.
Spollen-Behrens recently left his post as director of the Small Firms’ Association, part of employers’ group, Ibec. He pleaded guilty in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Monday to one count of stealing €10,250 from Dún Laoghaire Business Improvement District in June 2017. Spollen-Behrens , of Killiney Hill Road, Killiney, Co Dublin, also pleaded guilty to a second count of stealing €10,250 from Sandyford Business Improvement District in August 2017.