Overview
- Judge Martin Nolan imposed a three-year sentence with the final two years suspended, leaving one year to serve in custody.
- Kiel must pay €100,000 to the HSE within three months, a sum set above the roughly €58,000 defrauded as a punitive measure.
- He pleaded guilty to multiple sample deception counts under the Dental Treatment Services Scheme, with wider charges spanning 2008 to 2025.
- Two bank accounts in his name holding about €830,000 and €667,000 have been frozen during the proceedings.
- Defence counsel said a District Court hearing on HSE compensation is due within two weeks, as the court also accepted psychiatric evidence of long-term depression.