Gardai have welcomed the jailing today of a major international fraud kingpin who could potentially have made up to €5 million from the cloning of stolen credit cards.
Daniel Almajanu (35) and his sidekick Albert Gimy Linul (29) were jailed for four years and four months and three years respectively at Dublin Circuit Court today.
The Romanian nationals were busted after a special investigation by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB).
A senior source had told Sunday World that a laptop which seized by fraud squad detectives as part of the investigation contained the details of up to 1000 credit cards.
“Each card has potential to make around €3000 to €5000 especially in USA where there is no chip and pin facility.
Gardai have welcomed the jailing today of a major international fraud kingpin who could potentially have made up to €5 m from the cloning of stolen credit cards.
Daniel Almajanu (35) and his sidekick Albert Gimy Linul (29) were jailed for four years and four months and three years respectively at Dublin Circuit Court today.
They were caught after a special investigation by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB).
A senior source had told Independent.ie that a laptop which seized by fraud squad detectives as part of the investigation contained the details of up to 1000 credit cards.
“Each card has potential to make around €3,000 to €5,000 especially in USA where there is no chip and pin facility. Not all the cards would have worked and some would be accepted but there was the potential for this gang to make between €3m and €5m,” the source explained.
A 20-year-old criminal with links to the gangs involved in serious organised criminality in Drogheda is due to be sentenced next month in a landmark money mule case.
Sean Everitt from Hill View in the Co Louth town is already serving sentences for drug dealing and aggravated burglary but he can expect more jail time after he admitted having €10,000 in his bank account which was the proceeds of crime.
It is understood he was to be paid about €1,000 for the use of his bank account which he hoped would go towards paying off a drugs debt to one of the violent gangs involved in the deadly Drogheda feud.
A 20-YEAR-OLD criminal with links to the gangs involved in serious organised criminality in Drogheda is due to be sentenced next month in a landmark money-mule case.
Sean Everitt, from Hill View, in the Co Louth town, is already serving sentences for drug dealing and aggravated burglary but he can expect more jail time after he admitted having €10,000 in his bank account which was the proceeds of crime.
It is understood he was to be paid about €1,000 for the use of his bank account, which he hoped would go towards paying off a drugs debt to one of the violent gangs involved in the deadly Drogheda feud.