Paul Olunaike avoids jail for laundering criminal proceeds

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Paul Olunaike avoided jail for possessing criminal proceeds at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, after Judge Orla Crowe imposed 240 hours of community service in lieu of an 18-month sentence.

He pleaded guilty to possessing €13,738 as the proceeds of crime in his bank account on August 25, 2020.

The proceedings were reported on 20 June 2024.

Judge Crowe had set a headline sentence of two years before ordering the community service within two years.

The court also ordered that a juicer and food processor bought with the money be given to a local charity or refuge.