Ireland
Keating pays ¤250,000 to CAB for unpaid tax
Friday, 17 May 2002 14:05
The former Lord Mayor of Dublin and Junior Minister, Michael Keating, has paid the Criminal Assets Bureau ¤250,000 for unpaid tax.
The Bureau has been investigating Mr Keating's affairs for more than three years and had sent him a tax assessment for more than ¤1m.
Mr Keating sold his house in Castleknock in Northwest Dublin for almost ¤1.5m to pay the tax bill.
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Michael Keating was also named in a British court two years ago as a partner in crime in a £20m sterling VAT fraud and was arrested five years ago with bank drafts made out to a Dublin criminal.
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