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A former mid-tier Kinahan Cartel member who never paid tax and was claiming State benefits while laundering tens of thousands of euro in crime cash has been given a fully suspended sentence by the Special Criminal Court on Monday.
Sean Ruth of Stradbrook, Stradbally Road, Portlaoise, Co Laois, had pleaded guilty to two crime-cash laundering offences. The three-judge court was previously told that the 32-year-old has paid the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) over €20,000 and that his parents will assist him in discharging a remaining €9,900.
Presiding judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt today sentenced Ruth to four years and six months for both offences before suspending both for six years, ordering that the €9,900 be paid back inside 12 months
Ex Kinahan cartel member walks free from court after claiming state benefits while laundering tens of thousands
Paul Neilan
Updated: 17 May 2021, 18:01
A FORMER “mid-tier” Kinahan cartel member who never paid tax and was claiming State benefits while laundering tens of thousands of euro in crime cash was given a fully suspended sentence by the Special Criminal Court today.
Sean Ruth of Stradbrook, Stradbally Road, Portlaoise, Co Laois, had pleaded guilty to two crime-cash laundering offences.
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The court was previously told that the 32-year-old has paid the Criminal Assets Bureau over €20,000 and that his parents would assist in discharging a remaining €9,900.
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Husband and wife sentenced after they stole from two elderly women by telling them series of sob stories
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A man who conned hundreds of thousands of euro out of two elderly women – including the life-savings of one – by telling them a series of “sob stories” has been jailed for five years.
Gerry O Brien (41) convinced his victims that he was due to receive a substantial pay-out from an insurance claim before he stole €107,286 and €27,254 from them over a number of months.
His wife, Joanne O Brien (39), stole a total of €900 from one of the women on two occasions. She was given a suspended nine month sentence.