Graham Costigan sentenced for €4m cigarette duty evasion

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Graham Costigan was sentenced to three years, with the final 18 months suspended, for excise duty evasion at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 28 January 2016.

Costigan, of Santry Court, Santry, Dublin, pleaded guilty to evasion and attempted evasion of excise duty on cigarettes on 16 September 2013.

He had facilitated the importation of 10 million illegal cigarettes from the Netherlands, creating a potential exchequer loss of more than €4 million. Judge Melanie Greally said a custodial sentence was required in the public interest.