Drug boss ordered to pay back £75,000 of profits from crimes A DRUG gang boss has been ordered to pay back £75,000 of the profit of his crimes in the Central Belt of Scotland. Anthony O Hare was jailed for eight years after pleading guilty to supplying drugs, directing others to commit serious crimes and money laundering in October 2019. It is estimated the 34-year-old has earned £650,000 from his crimes. Mr O Hare was made subject of a Confiscation Order at the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday. The Crown has the power to extend the order to seize money and assets O’Hare acquires in the future to pay back the full amount he made from his crimes.
Scots gangsters ordered to pay back more than £5.5million made from crime in just one year
Confiscation orders have been used to grab assets and dirty money in more than 200 cases.
Francis Mulligan
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