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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A former League of Ireland footballer and two other men have been jailed after they moved just under €200,000 in criminal cash.
Edward Fitzpatrick, 39, of Ballyfermot Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering at the same address on February 12, 2021. Jonathon Barton, 42, with an address at Wheatfield Avenue, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 pleaded guilty to a count of money laundering at Circle K, Kilshane Cross, Finglas on February 12, 2021.
Gary O'Neill, 40, of Churchfields, Ashbourne, Co. Meath pleaded guilty to two counts of money laundering at Circle K, Kilshane Cross, Finglas on February 12, 2021. The former professional footballer has no previous convictions. At a previous Dublin Circuit Criminal Court sentence hearing, Garda Detective John Paul Flanagan told Fiona Crawford BL, prosecuting, that a surveillance operation of Barton began after gardaí received a confidential tip-off.
They observed a van driven by Barton pull up outside a property, later identified as Fitzpatrick's residence, at 3.25pm on the day in question. Barton parked the van in the driveway, then got out. Fitzpatrick emerged from the house and both men entered the property.

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