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'Psychic' Gold further sentenced on fraud charges
Summary
Simon Gold, a 54-year-old man from Aughavas, County Leitrim, received an additional one-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today following guilty pleas to possession of false instruments. Gold admitted having three fraudulent UK driving licences at an address in Delvin, County Westmeath, in October 2012, and four sheets containing 360 counterfeit AIB holograms at the same location in February 2014. He is currently serving a seven-and-a-half-year sentence imposed in 2019 after conviction on money laundering, theft, deception and control of false instruments charges. Judge Martin Nolan determined the offences were connected to the earlier convictions and declined to extend Gold's imprisonment, instead imposing the sentence to run concurrently from today. Gold, who has 46 previous convictions, is due for release in 2024.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: 'Psychic' Gold further sentenced on fraud charges. Charges or matters: having under his custody or control three UK driving licences in various names knowing them to be false instruments on October 22, 2012 at Esker View, Ballinvalley, Delvin, Co Westmeath; money laundering, theft, deception and control of false instruments on dates between January 1, 2010 and October 22, 2012. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- October 22, 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
- February 20, 2014 Hearing Or Sentence
- May 2022 Hearing Or Sentence
- January 1, 2010 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2021-04-16 Publication
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Background Person
Charges: having under his custody or control three UK driving licences in various names knowing them to be false instruments on October 22, 2012 at Esker View, Ballinvalley, Delvin, Co Westmeath; money laundering, theft, deception and control of false instruments on dates between January 1, 2010 and October 22, 2012 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Simon Gold (54) is currently serving a seven-and-a-half year sentence, having been convicted by a jury following trial in 2019 of money laundering, theft, deception and control of false instruments. He imposed a sentence of one year to run from today's date. "Thank you so much judge," responded Gold via video link, after the sentence was pronounced.
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