Thomas Rooney’s money laundering Mercedes forfeited

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The Special Criminal Court ordered Thomas Rooney’s Mercedes forfeited over money laundering, as reported on 2 June 2022.

The car, used by Rooney in his limousine business, was estimated to be worth €50,000. The judge found it had been used to transport cash in the money laundering operation.

Rooney had pleaded guilty to money laundering offences and was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment in January 2022. The report says the court accepted the State’s application for forfeiture.