Ireland's bad bank Nama has called in the police to investigate allegations that two former employees may have leaked confidential information.
Ireland's bad bank Nama has called in the police to investigate allegations that two former employees may have leaked confidential information.
'Nama can confirm we have reported two individuals to the gardaí (Irish police) in relation to possible use of unauthorised information,' a spokesman told the Irish media.
'One is already in the public domain and one was a mid-ranking employee,' the spokesperson is quoted as saying in the Irish Times newspaper. Nama declined to comment further but the Irish Times said it is understood the agency made one of the complaints months ago after a staff member due to leave was allegedly caught trying to remove sensitive information.
The Irish Times and Irish Independent newspapers also reported on Wednesday that lawyers acting for Northern Irish property developer Paddy McKillen had written the Garda Commissioner claiming information leaked by a Nama official had 'seriously jeopardised' his business interests.
The letter, the Irish Independent said, suggested personal details, including information about his banking facilities, had been released to a third party. No details were disclosed by the newspapers about who this third party might be.
McKillen is currently embroiled in a High Court action in Dublin to restrain the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation from selling parts of his €264 mln of loans to the Barclay brothers in the UK.
