Navillus bosses lose their appeal over New York construction firm payroll fraud
Donal O'Sullivan, the founder, owner and president of Navillus. Picture: Yuki Iwamura
A US Court of Appeal has upheld the convictions of a Kerry brother and sister and their Tipperary colleague who were found guilty in 2021 of involvement in a payroll scheme that defrauded labour unions of $1m in benefits’ funds.
Ballinskelligs' natives, siblings Dónal (65) and Helen (64) O'Sullivan and Nenagh man Pádraig Naughton had engaged in the fraud at Navillus Consulting, a major construction company in New York, which Dónal founded back in the 1980s and where he was CEO until he stepped down following indictment in 2020. His sister Helen had run the company's payroll, while Mr Naughton was financial controller.
