Psychic scammer loses appeal against €1.6m money laundering conviction

A man from Aughavas, County Leitrim, has lost his appeal against conviction for money laundering and related offences at the Court of Appeal. Simon Gold, aged 56, was serving a seven-and-a-half-year sentence following his conviction in June 2019 on 20 charges, including money laundering of €1.6 million, deception, and use of false instruments. The Court of Appeal dismissed all 12 grounds of his appeal. During his…