Security Industry Authority | A man, Martin McAuley, has been convicted of fraud in his absence after working using a cloned SIA licence and ordered to pay fines and levies equalling £515.
Mr. McAuley was convicted of fraud by false representation and possession of an article used in fraud in Coleraine Magistrates’ Court. He was convicted in his absence on the information available to the court.
This came after he first failed to attend a court hearing for the same offences on 4 July 2025 and the case was adjourned. At this point the court warned that should Mr. McAuley fail to attend on this date, the matter would be dealt with in his absence.
The court fined him £250 for each offence, as well as ordering him to pay an offender levy of £15, totalling £515. Mr. McCauley now has 20 weeks to pay off the full amount of £515.
This prosecution came after Mr. McAuley was found working as a door supervisor and in possession of a cloned SIA licence at The Railway Arms, Coleraine, by an SIA investigations officer on 5 May 2023.
