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High-level Ghanian gang member gets 6.5 years for multiple frauds
Summary
Oluwasegun Azeez, 31, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison after the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court found him guilty of participating in a Ghanaian criminal organisation that carried out PUP fraud, money laundering, social welfare theft, business email compromise and loan fraud between 2020 and 2022. Azeez recruited money mules, opened bank accounts, sent false documents to secure loans, and directed others to move money. Garda investigations revealed he used staff details to claim €49,500 in Pandemic Unemployment Payments, fraudulently purchased a suit from Louis Copeland, and entered a hire‑purchase agreement for an Audi Q3 jeep. He also attempted to recruit others for phishing and smishing scams. The court noted his early guilty plea and personal circumstances, but imposed the six‑and‑a‑half‑year sentence.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: High-level Ghanian gang member gets 6.5 years for multiple frauds. Charges or matters: participating in and/or contributing to criminal activity with a criminal organisation, deception, social welfare fraud and money laundering on dates between 2020 and 2022. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- 2020 and 2022 Other
- 2025-02-28 Publication
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Defendant
Charges: participating in and/or contributing to criminal activity with a criminal organisation, deception, social welfare fraud and money laundering on dates between 2020 and 2022 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Passing sentence today, Judge Martin Nolan said there was a considerable amount of criminal wrongdoing involved and Azeez had been tracked down through good police work. The judge imposed a sentence of six and a half years.
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