Two businessmen and an art teacher have been charged over a â¬6m âghost brokerâ motor insurance policy fraud.
Alexander Afanaschenko, 45,of Bewley Drive, in Lucan, Mikhail Yegorov, 38, of Charnwood Court, Clonsilla and Elena Olenik, 44, who lives in Berryfield, Finnstown, Lucan, Dublin were remanded on bail after they appeared before Judge Gerard Jones at Blanchardstown District Court on Thursaday.
It follows an investigation by the Garda Special Investigations Unit in Roads Policing Division based at Dublin Castle.
In excess of 2,500 motor insurance policies, valued â¬6m, were identified as having been fraudulently obtained from 10 insurance companies, Judge Jones was told.
The Director of Public Prosecutions directed trial on indictment in the Circuit Court. The three defendants, who have not yet indicated how they will plead, were ordered to appear again in July to be served with books of evidence and returned for trial.