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A Leinster solicitor was taken into garda custody for questioning this week following following allegations from his clients and a complaint from the Law Society.
Garda HQ in Dublin issued a statement in which a number of details are not revealed.
"On the morning of Thursday, 25th August, 2022, Gardaí at the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) arrested a man for theft and false accounting in the Leinster area.
"Following a complaint by the Law Society, GNECB commenced an investigation into a Leinster based solicitor against whom allegations of theft, false accounting, forgery and use of false instruments were made.
"Clients of this solicitor made specific allegations of theft and the Law Society alleges that when their investigation uncovered deficits in his client account, he then allegedly submitted false documents purporting to show that the deficits no longer existed.
Gardaí said the man, aged in his 50s, was detained at a Garda Station in Leinster under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
In an update on Friday, Garda HQ said he was been released without charge and a file will now be prepared for the Director of Prosecutions.
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