Jailed for three years for Saggart assault and imprisonment incident
Falsely imprisonment former head of security of the Mansfield Group which ran various properties such as Citywest Hotel
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A father-of-seven who told gardaí he thought he was attending a job interview but ended up taking part in a violent forced eviction has been jailed for three years.
Desmond McGrath (50) was part of a gang of seven men, including convicted murderer Declan Duffy and INLA kidnapper Dessie O Hare, also known as “The Border Fox”, who falsely imprisoned and tried to evict a family from their home.
McGrath also took part in the assault of a security guard who became involved in the incident, punching and kicking the man.
A Meath father-of-three who submitted false documents in a mortgage application for a family home has been jailed for one year.
Dean Masterson (34) submitted the false documents in an attempt to get a loan of €220,000 so he could purchase somewhere to live for himself and his family.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that personnel at the bank became suspicious of the documents and no money was ever paid out.
Masterson of Stonebridge, Ratoath, Co Meath, pleaded guilty to deception and five counts of using a false instrument at KBC Bank, Sandwith Street, Dublin city centre on October 20, 2016.
During the loan application he submitted a false salary certificate, a false payslip, a false P60 and two false bank statements.
Gardai have welcomed the jailing today of a major international fraud kingpin who could potentially have made up to €5 million from the cloning of stolen credit cards.
Daniel Almajanu (35) and his sidekick Albert Gimy Linul (29) were jailed for four years and four months and three years respectively at Dublin Circuit Court today.
The Romanian nationals were busted after a special investigation by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB).
A senior source had told Sunday World that a laptop which seized by fraud squad detectives as part of the investigation contained the details of up to 1000 credit cards.
“Each card has potential to make around €3000 to €5000 especially in USA where there is no chip and pin facility.
Two members of a Romanian organised crime gang jailed for making and using fake credit cards
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Two members of a Romanian organised crime gang who made dozens of fake credit cards and used them in Dublin shops in the wake of a “deep” skim of UK bank customers details have been jailed.
Daniel Almajanu (35) made fake cards using a card reader/writer machine while Albert Gimy Linul (29) visited various shops buying things with the fake cards, including cartons of cigarettes which were then sold on.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that during an extensive skimming operation in the UK a Romanian criminal gang based there used a “deep insert skimmer” to collect details of customers of the HSBC bank outlets.
Prison for International Credit Card Fraud Kingpin
Two Dublin residents who are believed to be members of a Romanian organized cybercrime gang were imprisoned in Ireland today for credit card fraud.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Daniel Almajanu and Albert Gimy Linul were “considered to be members of a Romanian criminal gang that had made millions of dollars by running an extensive card-skimming operation in the UK.
Gang members stole victims credit card information by installing a “deep insert skimmer” on various HSBC ATM outlets. The skimmers read the details of each card as it was inserted and fed the stolen data back to the gang.