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Former psychic avoids jail for dishonestly opening two bank accounts
Summary
Simon Gold, a 58‑year‑old former psychic who had previously served seven and a half years for laundering €1.6 million, was sentenced on 23 November 2022 to a three‑year suspended term for dishonestly opening two bank accounts. He pleaded guilty to opening accounts in Dublin and Offaly in July 2017 and March 2018 using forged documents discovered during a 2018 search of his home. The accounts handled about €80 000 and were used mainly for household expenses; €18 500 remains frozen and will be forfeited. Gold had already been released from prison after serving four years of his earlier sentence, which was back‑dated to 2018. Judge Martin Nolan, after hearing that Gold had undertaken rehabilitation courses and was released on restrictive conditions, imposed the suspended sentence, noting that a longer term would not have been warranted had the offences been considered together with his earlier money‑laundering conviction.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Former psychic avoids jail for dishonestly opening two bank accounts. Charges or matters: two counts of opening a bank account at locations in Dublin and Offaly on dates in July 2017 and March 2018. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Found guilty
When:
- July 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
- March 2018 Hearing Or Sentence
- January 1, 2010 Hearing Or Sentence
- October 22, 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2022-11-23 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: two counts of opening a bank account at locations in Dublin and Offaly on dates in July 2017 and March 2018 (Proven)
Plea: Guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Credit: Collins) A former psychic, previously jailed for seven and a half years for laundering €1.6 million, has been given a three-year suspended sentence for dishonestly opening two bank accounts. The judge sentenced Gold to three years but suspended it in full on the basis that he be of good behaviour for three years.
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