The man is aged in his 50s.
Gardaí at the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) have arrested a Leinster-based solicitor in connection with an investigation into theft and false accounting.
In a statement, a Garda spokesperson said that – after a complaint by the Law Society – GNECB commenced an investigation into the 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,” the spokesperson added.
The man in his 50s is currently detained at a Garda Station in Leinster under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
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