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Ex LOI footballer helped move €200k in crime cash
Summary
A former League of Ireland footballer, Edward Fitzpatrick, 39, and two other men, Jonathon Barton, 42, and Gary O'Neill, 40, pleaded guilty to money‑laundering offences involving almost €200,000 in criminal cash. The case was adjourned to February 23, 2023 for finalisation. Garda surveillance showed Barton driving a van to Fitzpatrick's home, where the men entered and later left with a heavy blue shopping bag. Barton then took the bag to a Circle K service station, handing it to O'Neill, who was arrested and found with the bag containing €199,505 in three packages and an additional €2,250. Searches recovered a vacuum packing machine, a mobile phone, and a phone from Barton. The three men admitted their roles; Fitzpatrick admitted packaging the cash, Barton said he moved the money to repay a drug debt, and O'Neill acted as a courier.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Ex LOI footballer helped move €200k in crime cash. Charges or matters: one count of money laundering at the same address on February 12, 2021; a count of money laundering at Circle K, Kilshane Cross, Finglas on February 12, 2021; two counts of money laundering at Circle K, Kilshane Cross, Finglas on February 12, 2021. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- February 12, 2021 Adjournment
- February 23, 2023 Adjournment
- 2022-10-24 Publication
Why: His client told gardaí that his role was to move cash in order to repay a drugs debt. CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: one count of money laundering at the same address on February 12, 2021; a count of money laundering at Circle K, Kilshane Cross, Finglas on February 12, 2021; two counts of money laundering at Circle K, Kilshane Cross, Finglas on February 12, 2021 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today Judge Melanie Greally adjourned the case until February 23, 2023 for finalisation.
Defendant
Charges: two counts of money laundering at Circle K, Kilshane Cross, Finglas on February 12, 2021 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today Judge Melanie Greally adjourned the case until February 23, 2023 for finalisation.
Defendant
Charges: a count of money laundering at Circle K, Kilshane Cross, Finglas on February 12, 2021; two counts of money laundering at Circle K, Kilshane Cross, Finglas on February 12, 2021 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today Judge Melanie Greally adjourned the case until February 23, 2023 for finalisation.
Places mentioned
- At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Dublin
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