Joel Kialunda and Emmanuel Esuku receive suspended money-laundering sentences

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Joel Kialunda and Emmanuel Esuku each received a one-year sentence for money laundering, suspended in full on strict conditions, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 11 January 2022. Judge Martin Nolan imposed the sentences.

Kialunda pleaded guilty on 22 April 2020 and Esuku pleaded guilty on 23 April 2020. The proceedings were reported on 11 January 2022.

The report said neither man was involved in the initial trade-union fraud. Both said they answered a Snapchat advertisement, supplied bank details to a third party and handed over money withdrawn from their accounts; Kialunda received no payment, while Esuku received €400.