Manager who worked at Ponzi scam firm breaks early jail release rules by leaving the country
A white-collar criminal involved in a property Ponzi scheme is 'unlawfully at large', having fled overseas after being released early from prison.
Donal Hayes spent just 13 months of a three-year jail sentence behind bars and then proceeded to break the rules of his 'reviewable temporary release' by failing to remain in Ireland until his period of detention was completed.
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