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Shelbourne fraudster alleged to have headed UK organised crime gang
Summary
Carlos Mason, a 32‑year‑old UK national, was surrendered to the UK under a European Arrest Warrant for alleged leadership of an organised crime group that sold internet users' bank details on the dark web. The warrant accuses him of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation between March 2017 and June 2019 and possession of criminal property. Mason had previously been jailed for one year in Dublin in May 2020 after pleading guilty to two counts of dishonestly inducing two luxury Dublin hotels to accept fraudulent credit card payments between 29 December 2019 and 19 January 2020. He used a stolen American Express card to check into the Shelbourne hotel on 29 December 2019, accruing a €3,735 bill, and later stayed at the Westbury Hotel until 19 January, accruing a €4,700 bill. In total, he spent €8,435 in both hotels, enjoying "wining and dining" without paying.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Shelbourne fraudster alleged to have headed UK organised crime gang. Charges or matters: conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation between March 2017 and June 2019 and possession of criminal property; two counts of dishonestly inducing two luxury Dublin hotels to accept fraudulent credit card payments between December 29, 2019 and January 19, 2020. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- March 2017 Incident
- June 2019 Incident
- May 2020 Incident
- December 29, 2019 Hearing Or Sentence
- January 19, 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
- January 3 Hearing Or Sentence
- January 19 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2021-03-01 Publication
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Accused
Charges: conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation between March 2017 and June 2019 and possession of criminal property; two counts of dishonestly inducing two luxury Dublin hotels to accept fraudulent credit card payments between December 29, 2019 and January 19, 2020 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Mason was jailed for one year by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in May 2020 after he pleaded guilty to two counts of dishonestly inducing two luxury Dublin hotels to accept fraudulent credit card payments between December 29, 2019 and January 19, 2020. During a sentence hearing last year Garda Mark O'Neill told Karl Finnegan BL, prosecuting, that Mason checked into the Shelbourne hotel in Dublin on December 29, 2019 using a stolen American Express credit card registered to a woman in the UK.
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