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LONDON: A British court on Thursday cleared the decks for fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modis extradition to India, accepting "prima facie" that he defrauded Punjab National Bank (PNB) of Rs 6,498 crore, laundered the proceeds and interfered with witnesses and evidence. Forwarding the case to UK home secretary Priti Patel for the formality of signing the extradition order, district judge Sam Goozée of the Westminster magistrates’ court said doing so would neither be oppressive nor a breach of 4...

A MAN who was caught with more than €800 worth of cannabis after running away from gardaí had bought the drug “in bulk” for his own use, a court heard. Father-of-one Chad Morrissey (22) panicked and “took off” when he was seen in a city centre car park. Morrissey, with an address at Basin Street Flats in the south inner city, admitted possession of drugs with intent to sell or supply. He was fined €200. A garda sergeant told Dublin District Court that officers responded to an assis...

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A MAN who tried to smash a garda station window with a bicycle lock told gardaí he "only tried" to break it and he knew the law. Declan Tobin (57) argued that he had not actually broken the window when a garda came out and confronted him. Giving him a three-month suspended sentence, Judge Alan Mitchell told Tobin he needed to improve his attitude or he would be going to prison. Tobin, with an address at a Dublin hostel, pleaded guilty to being reckless as to whether criminal damage would be ca...

A lot of business is on pause DACC chief executive Alison Henderson has concluded a large number of businesses in the area have stopped trading internationally. “The service covers what’s needed to clear borders, including the Rules of Origins which hasn’t been required by the EU before,” she said. © SYSTEM Alison Henderson of Dundee and Angus Chamber of Commerce “It’s been a dramatic fall in demand for the service, where we were anticipating a large increase. “It feels like a lo...

A FATHER-of-one has been accused of acting as a “middle man” in a €6m worldwide invoice fraud and money laundering conspiracy. Francis Ogbuefi (37), who was allegedly linked to fraudulent transactions through an Irish bank account, was arrested after gardaí raided his Dublin home and seized luxury and designer goods bought in a €27,000 “spending spree”. Judge Alan Mitchell refused to grant him bail and remanded him in custody when he appeared before Dublin District Court today. Mr ...

Limerick-based healthcare assistant sentenced over €28k social welfare fraud Reporter: A HEALTHCARE assistant was given a suspended prison sentence for defrauding the social welfare system. Michelle Ukaigwe, of Riverfield, Caherconlish pleaded guilty at Kilmallock Court to the draw down of over €28,000 which she was not entitled to. Aidan Judge, State solicitor, said it occurred between October 12, 2016 and September 25, 2018. “When the defendant was interviewed by inspectors for the dep...

Limerick truck driver narrowly avoids prison for ‘undermining regulations’  Reporter: );  ); A COUNTY Limerick truck driver was saved from being sent to prison for allowing a third party use his driver card because he looks after his elderly mother. Donal Noonan, of Old Street, Galbally appeared before Judge Alan Mitchell in Kilmallock Court. He pleaded guilty to a number of summonses in relation to allowing his driver card be used on a number of dates. Aidan Tierney, an inspector with t...

Court told Limerick security guard ‘succumbed to temptation’ Reporter:  ); A SECURITY guard in a social welfare office appeared in Kilmallock Court for defrauding the social welfare system. John Prendeville, of Castlefarm, Hospital pleaded guilty to six summonses. Five were for failing to notify the Minister for Social Protection of a change in his circumstances and one was for making a statement which was false or misleading. Aidan Judge, State solicitor, said the defendant fraudulently ...

WEST FIFE businesses say they are on the verge of collapse after falling through the cracks of Scottish Government support schemes. Three small business owners told the Press that they couldnt access Holyrood grants due to a technicality whereby they need a business rates number to apply for aid. Laura Flynn, 32, has owned Belle Beauty in Dalgety Bay for the last nine years and she says shell run out of money to live on in three weeks time. A monthly payment goes out to her landlord tha...