Rodolphus Allen Family Private Trust
The Rodolphus Allen Family Private Trust was a group, purporting to be a property trust, operating in Ireland. While supporters of the group's methods stated that it could exploit loopholes in mortgage documents to prevent the takeover of at-risk properties from bank repossession, a number of politicians, financial advisors and legal commentators warned that the group's purpose was to scam investors and embezzle funds while claiming to place the property into a non-existent 'trust'. The group was set up by Charles Allen, a Kilkenny based landscape gardener. Other people, associated with the group's activities, included Ben Gilroy and Catriona Carey.
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