Former solicitor Thomas Byrne has been convicted of a series of offences following the biggest white collar trial to ever to come before the Irish courts.
The 47 year old with an address at Mountjoy Square, Dublin has been found guilty of deception, forgery, fraud and the theft of 52 million euro between 2004 and 2007.
Most of the crimes have a maximum sentence of 10 years.
Our Courts Correspondent Francesca Comyn reports: