A man who was jailed for four years for defrauding €2.3 million through bogus pension scheme commission has been given an additional two years for further frauds in which he pretended to be his brother.
Noel Fitzpatrick (43), an insurance agent, was given the additional two years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for defrauding four banks of €84,000, dishonestly obtaining a passport and stealing documents which were in his brother's name and which he used to commit the other crimes.
Fitzpatrick, Johnstown Road, Cabinteely, Dublin, pleaded guilty to stealing an AIB bank statement, wage slips, a birth certificate and a P60 form, all in his brother's name, from their family home on Lower Road, Shankill, between October 10th and October 24th, 2003.
He also admitted to dishonestly obtaining a passport on October 7th, 2003, by claiming to be his brother and to dishonestly obtaining bank loans from Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank, National Irish Bank and Permanent TSB between November 10th, 2003, and November 20th, 2003, in the same way.
Fitzpatrick had been living in Uganda in 2003 but stole the documents while on a six-week holiday home. He then returned to Uganda with almost €39,000 in defrauded cash.
Judge Delahunt said he had "significantly abused the trust of his family" and had deceived banks into giving him money when he was under Garda investigation for the €2.3 million fraud.
She added that he had suffered regarding both his reputation and the loss of his family.