Agricultural contractor sentenced to two and a half years for defrauding finance companies of more than €160,000

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Jessica Magee

An agricultural contractor has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for defrauding two finance companies of more than €160,000, in a scheme involving the leasing of excavators.

Thomas Cullen (60) of Shannon Grove, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim pleaded guilty to two counts of making a gain by deception on May 1 and 21, 2017, when he agreed leasing arrangements with two separate finance companies.