Richard Kearney, a corporal in the Irish Defence Forces, has been jailed for his involvement in a money laundering operation that handled €6.6 million of drug dealers’ cash. Kearney pleaded guilty to possessing €25,000 knowing or being reckless as to whether it was the proceeds of crime.
Richard Kearney , from Clondalkin, took what he thought was a ‘friendly loan’ but soon found himself ‘in over his head’, court toldAn Irish Defence Forces corporal has been jailed over his involvement in a money-laundering operation that handled some €6.6 million of drug dealers’ cash.
The garda said the conversations showed amounts of money, locations and dates, and suggested that Kearney was responsible for laundering €6.6 million and stg£250,000 between April 2021 and May 2022.Paul Kearns: Many Irish friends agree with Michael D Higgins, but here in Israel there is anger and revulsion‘I’ve been blind to the fact that my partner is actually married to his mother’
He agreed with Ciara Ní Ghabhann BL, for Kearney, that the accused answered all the questions put to him during interviews. She said he was approached before Christmas 2020 and offered what he thought was a “friendly loan” but soon found himself “in over his head”. He accepted that Kearney has no previous convictions, has family responsibilities, is unlikely to come before the courts again and has “many, many good points”.
“In this case, as a result of today’s decision, the individual’s Commanding Officer has initiated the proceedings for discharge, and this process is ongoing,” it said.
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