A fraudster who forged cheques worth £23,200 at various National Irish Bank branches has been jailed for two-and-a-half years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Trevor Rumball (38), with an address at Cremore Crescent, Finglas, pleaded guilty to 14 counts of forgery in August and September 2000 at NIB branches on College Green, South Circular Road, Blackrock and Terenure.
The court heard that Rumball had no fixed profession, and Det Garda Declan Daly described him as a "professional fraudster" with 11 previous convictions. The majority of those mentioned in court were for fraud.
On August 31st, 2000 Rumball used a forged cheque for £2,900 and an NIB lodgement docket at the College Green Branch to obtain £900 in cash from a bank cashier.
The cheque was made in the name of Ms Pauline McKeever and the lodgement docket was purported to be signed by Mr Patrick Geraghty. The court heard that the cheque books "went missing in the post" before they were obtained by Rumball.
Rumball used the next forged cheque, worth £3,000, the following day at the same branch, this time made in the name of Ms Patricia Wells. After lodging the cheque he cashed £1,000.
Four days later, on September 4th, 2000, he appeared with another forged cheque at the South Circular Road branch of the NIB. His forged cheque this time was worth £2,000 and he obtained £1,000 in cash.
Rumball next appeared a week later, on September 12th, 2000 at the NIB branch on Main Street, Rockhill, Blackrock. He had another £3,000 cheque made in the name of the same Ms Wells that he had presented to the College Green branch at the beginning of the month.
Two weeks later, Rumball was at the NIB branch on Terenure Road, with a cheque worth £2,900 and cashed £900.
Det Garda Daly said Rumball was arrested after the Fraud Squad recognised him on security footage recorded by the banks.