One loan left for subprime lender Weisz

Once described as a gangster in the Dáil, the notorious US-born subprime lender has retired from the world of high finance. Well, almost...

Ron Weisz: the convicted fraudster says he is irritated by mischaracterisations of him in the media, but would never sue

Ron Weisz has had a colourful career.

A bankrupt, a convicted fraudster, a notorious subprime lender, a keen horseman, and once described as a vulture and a gangster in the Dáil, Weisz is 68 and has now retired from lending, he told The Sunday Business Post.

He has not, however, retired from collecting and told this newspaper that he had just one outstanding loan left to collect through his much-criticised subprime lending vehicle, ...