“It would have had a huge impact on my life, because in some ways, I was allowed to continue gambling with millions of turnover in my account,” says Tony O’Reilly on long-promised gambling legislation.
“Even from a money laundering point of view, lodging tens of thousands every week was never flagged and if that had been flagged a bit earlier, it might not have got as serious as it did,” he adds.
In 2012, the former post office manager was sentenced to four years in prison, with one suspended, after stealing €1.75 million from An Post to fuel his gambling addiction, which he developed over 10 years.
