Contantin Dirlescu jailed for bank-account money laundering

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Contantin Dirlescu was jailed for three and a half years for money-laundering offences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 6 February 2020. He pleaded guilty to using false passports to open six bank accounts and operating four accounts for money laundering between January and July 2019. The accounts were linked to a criminal organisation involved in money laundering and cyber fraud.

Judge Melanie Greally backdated the sentence to 2 August 2019 and accepted that Dirlescu operated at the organisation’s fringes. The court heard he acted under the direction of others and was paid for opening accounts, while he co-operated with gardaí. The report says he had previous convictions for larceny and receiving stolen goods in Spain and Italy.