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Gold bars and house linked to drug dealing DJ are proceeds of crime, judge rules
Summary
In a High Court ruling, Mr Justice Alexander Owens declared that assets linked to convicted drug dealer and DJ Adam Keatinge—including his Co Kildare home, cash, and several gold bars—were proceeds of crime. Owens described Keatinge as heavily involved in criminal operations, noting his 2012 prison term for drug possession with intent to supply. The Criminal Assets Bureau seized the assets in 2018 after a 2016 PSNI stop of a van containing Keatinge and others, uncovering €60,000 in cash and items such as phones that revealed discussions of cocaine trade and weapon possession. CAB sought orders under the 1996 Proceeds of Crime Act for the home, gold bars, and cash held with Western Union. Keatinge and co‑respondents denied the claims, asserting legitimate income sources, but the judge rejected these explanations as implausible and granted the orders against Keatinge and the other respondents. The decision affirmed that the assets were acquired through criminal activity.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Gold bars and house linked to drug dealing DJ are proceeds of crime, judge rules. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- June 2016 Incident
- August 2018 Incident
- 2005 and 2012 Other
- 2022-11-16 Publication
Why: It was not a case that the monies in Keatinge's accounts came about because he did not make any payments to Revenue from the cash income he claimed he received from his music events business, the judge found. CNI source report
Places mentioned
- The High Court
- Marcus Adam Lane
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