Daniel Munteanu, a 32-year-old Romanian national resident in Co Meath, has failed in his Court of Appeal challenge against a six-and-a-half-year custodial sentence. Munteanu pleaded guilty to ten counts of theft totalling €121,800 from 52 Bank of Ireland accounts between September 2018 and March 2019. The offences involved the use of cloned bank cards to withdraw funds from ATMs across multiple counties including Cavan and Monaghan. Gardaí recovered 51 cloned cards, card-making equipment, and fraudulent identity documents from his home. Court President Mr Justice George Birmingham dismissed the appeal, finding that the sentencing judge had applied appropriate mitigation and that the final term fell within the proper sentencing range. The court heard evidence that Munteanu was part of an international criminal network operating across Europe, with stolen funds primarily remitted to Romania whilst he retained approximately ten per cent of proceeds.
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