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Two businessmen and an art teacher have been charged over a â¬6m âghost brokerâ motor insurance policy fraud.
Alexander Afanaschenko, 45,of Bewley Drive, in Lucan, Mikhail Yegorov, 38, of Charnwood Court, Clonsilla and Elena Olenik, 44, who lives in Berryfield, Finnstown, Lucan, Dublin were remanded on bail after they appeared before Judge Gerard Jones at Blanchardstown District Court on Thursaday.
It follows an investigation by the Garda Special Investigations Unit in Roads Policing Division based at Dublin Castle.
In excess of 2,500 motor insurance policies, valued â¬6m, were identified as having been fraudulently obtained from 10 insurance companies, Judge Jones was told.
The Director of Public Prosecutions directed trial on indictment in the Circuit Court. The three defendants, who have not yet indicated how they will plead, were ordered to appear again in July to be served with books of evidence and returned for trial.
A 29-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he was charged with the murder of Jennie Poole who died after she was stabbed in her home in Dublin at the weekend.
The 24-year-old mother of two was injured in her first-floor apartment in Melville Drive, Finglas, north Dublin, at about 2pm on Saturday. One of her children was in the apartment at the time, while the other was with relatives.
Neighbours raised the alarm and emergency services attended the scene before she was taken to Connolly hospital where she died a short time later.
Gavin Murphy, who was Ms Pooleâs boyfriend, was arrested in Ballymun on Saturday and detained for questioning at Finglas Garda station.