Fraudster Michael Lynn was overseeing new home renovations and scouting for distressed properties during €18m theft trial

Lynn developed a name in distressed property circles as ‘someone who could organise funds’, according to one source

The ‘greedy’ former solicitor who robbed €18m from the banks

Maeve Sheehan

Former solicitor Michael Lynn was scouting distressed properties in Dublin and overseeing renovations of a new home as he waited to stand trial for stealing almost €18m from banks in a Celtic Tiger mortgage fraud.

Lynn, who was last week sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail for theft, approached property ­developers who were in difficulty, offering to fund or acquire their distressed assets.

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