WELL-KNOWN… Brookeboro GAA Manager, Gerry Moane.
A WELL-KNOWN local GAA figure has been accused of making false tax returns to claim over £2 million in VAT repayments in what is believed to be one of the county’s biggest ever tax fraud cases.
Brookeboro man Gerald Moane, 46, of Eschnillogue, Teigeshill Road, appeared before a preliminary enquiry at Fermanagh Court on Monday to face 26 charges of furnishing false VAT returns over a six year period and obtaining criminal property, namely VAT repayments.
If found guilty, Mr Moane could face a prison sentence.
All the charges relate to a business, Moane Contracts Ltd.
Some of the individual charges include the sums of £17,875.21 to almost half a million pounds and amount to a total of £2,073,598.
Gerry Moane, pictured, is well known within GAA circles and is the current manager of his local Brookeboro club and was in the running for the Fermanagh GAA manager’s job after Peter Canavan stepped down last year.
Moane’s co-accused is his 44-year-old wife, Dympna, who is charged with submitting a false VAT return for Moane Contracts Ltd claiming a VAT repayment of £19,600 in 2006.
She is also charged that between March 1, 2006, and June 30, 2012, she became involved in an arrangement to acquire criminal property, namely VAT repayments.
The couple, who appeared in the dock at Fermanagh Court, did not object to the holding of a preliminary enquiry.
They will appear at Omagh Crown Court on March 11 and were released on their own bail of £500 with no conditions.
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