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Beer firm hit for €22k in email scam
Summary
Mary Aderonke Adeola, 41, of Mac Uilliam Green, Tallaght, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of money laundering for allowing over €20,000 obtained from an email redirect fraud to be transferred into her account and withdrawn. The fraud involved emails purporting to be from an Irish brewing company that claimed the company's bank details had changed, leading to €15,718 being transferred into her account in November 2019 and withdrawn, and a further €6,862 in December 2019, of which she partially withdrew before the account was frozen. Adeola repaid the unrecovered amount from the second transfer. Judge Melanie Greally sentenced her to 12 months imprisonment, suspended in its entirety on strict conditions, including payment of over €500 to the Red Cross for Ukrainian nationals. She has no prior convictions and was described as a good mother of five with an excellent employment history in the caring sector.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Beer firm hit for €22k in email scam. Charges or matters: two counts of money laundering both at AIB, O'Connell St, Dublin 1, on November 15, 2019, and December 30, 2019. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- November 15, 2019 Hearing Or Sentence
- December 30, 2019 Hearing Or Sentence
- November 2019 Other
- December 2019 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2022-03-10 Publication
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Accused
Charges: two counts of money laundering both at AIB, O'Connell St, Dublin 1, on November 15, 2019, and December 30, 2019 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Greally sentenced Aderonke Adeola to 12 months imprisonment but suspended the sentence in its entirety on strict conditions, including that she pay over €500 to the Red Cross in support of Ukrainian nationals.
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