20230424 - International gang member fails in appealing sentence for 'industrial scale' money laundering

A trusted international gang member jailed for "industrial scale" money laundering has failed in an appeal against his six-year jail sentence and has been denied the return of a "high-end" Mercedes Benz that was seized by the State.
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Thomas Rooney (53) had his Mercedes S350, worth around €50,000, forfeited to the State in January 2022 by order of the Special Criminal Court.

Rooney, of Betaghstown, Bettystown, Co Meath, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to offences under Section 7 of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing) Act 2010.
He was found to be in possession of €289,770 and £65,025 (€77,000) in crime cash in a blue Nike hold-all at Spar car park, Donore Road, Drogheda on May 11th, 2020.

Rooney, who was described at sentencing as a "mid-to-high level" member of a transnational crime group, also pleaded guilty to possessing €254,840 in a black hold-all also at Donore Road and to possessing €7,650 at North Road, Drogheda, on the same date.

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