Calin Scintei, 28, who is originally from Romania but has an address at Jameson Orchard, Malahide, used fake Irish and UK driving licences and fake Romanian identity cards to set up bank accounts around the country.The organised crime gang laundered €1.5m from various criminal scams, such as the Tesco fraud and ATM thefts that Scintei took part in.
They used fake gift cards to buy expensive items in the bigger Tesco stores, including whiskey, champagne, a laptop and a vacuum cleaner. The loophole in the Tesco gift cards has since been rectified. Scintei has 12 previous convictions, including convictions for theft and fraud offences. He claimed he was pressured into carrying out offences for a Romanian organised crime gang and described himself to gardaí as a "budgie down the mine".
Scintei, he said, was a "cog in an enormous, lucrative wheel" who received very small amounts of money in return for his actions, the court heard.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
Deport him, why waste taxpayers money keeping them locked up.
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