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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: watty on November 01, 2021, 07:20:47 pm
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Two plead guilty to money-laundering conspiracy involving over €183K in fake Pandemic Unemployment Payments (https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/courts/two-plead-guilty-to-money-laundering-conspiracy-involving-over-183k-in-fake-pandemic-unemployment-payments-41006770.html)
TWO men have pleaded guilty to a money-laundering conspiracy involving €183,491 in funds fraudulently obtained under the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) programme.
Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard that gardai intervened in the elaborate scam involving a Nigerian crime gang and managed to secure orders freezing €32,158 in various bank accounts set up as part of the conspiracy. While €30,000 was later traced to a German bank account, more than €150,000 of the funds obtained from fraudulent PUP payments is now unaccounted for. Detectives also obtained a recording of a call from one of the defendants to an individual nicknamed "The Chairman" who was believed to be the head of a Nigerian criminal organisation. Judge Helen Boyle was told the bank accounts central to the scam were set up thanks to information obtained from a data breach whereby a cloned website was used to obtain personal details from people after falsely advising them they were required for jury service.
Oluwagbewikeke Lewis (36) of Brookdale, Midleton, Co Cork, and Bashiru Aderibige (44) formerly of Dwyers Road, Midleton, but now resident in Ballincollig, Co Cork, pleaded guilty before Judge Boyle to offences contrary to Section 71 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2006.
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Aderibige, who is also originally from Nigeria, has been living in Ireland for 18 years and is an Irish citizen. He has five children and has been working as a taxi driver. Aderibige has no previous convictions in Ireland.
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Two plead guilty to money-laundering conspiracy involving over €183K in fake Pandemic Unemployment Payments (https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/courts/two-plead-guilty-to-money-laundering-conspiracy-involving-over-183k-in-fake-pandemic-unemployment-payments-41006770.html)
TWO men have pleaded guilty to a money-laundering conspiracy involving €183,491 in funds fraudulently obtained under the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) programme.
Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard that gardai intervened in the elaborate scam involving a Nigerian crime gang and managed to secure orders freezing €32,158 in various bank accounts set up as part of the conspiracy. While €30,000 was later traced to a German bank account, more than €150,000 of the funds obtained from fraudulent PUP payments is now unaccounted for. Detectives also obtained a recording of a call from one of the defendants to an individual nicknamed "The Chairman" who was believed to be the head of a Nigerian criminal organisation. Judge Helen Boyle was told the bank accounts central to the scam were set up thanks to information obtained from a data breach whereby a cloned website was used to obtain personal details from people after falsely advising them they were required for jury service.
Oluwagbewikeke Lewis (36) of Brookdale, Midleton, Co Cork, and Bashiru Aderibige (44) formerly of Dwyers Road, Midleton, but now resident in Ballincollig, Co Cork, pleaded guilty before Judge Boyle to offences contrary to Section 71 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2006.
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Aderibige, who is also originally from Nigeria, has been living in Ireland for 18 years and is an Irish citizen. He has five children and has been working as a taxi driver. Aderibige has no previous convictions in Ireland.
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Free legal aid anyone?
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Any football abilities? ::fuck
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Any football abilities? ::fuck
Shocking, having fled a non-existent war in Nigeria.
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Two plead guilty to money-laundering conspiracy involving over €183K in fake Pandemic Unemployment Payments (https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/courts/two-plead-guilty-to-money-laundering-conspiracy-involving-over-183k-in-fake-pandemic-unemployment-payments-41006770.html)
TWO men have pleaded guilty to a money-laundering conspiracy involving €183,491 in funds fraudulently obtained under the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) programme.
Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard that gardai intervened in the elaborate scam involving a Nigerian crime gang and managed to secure orders freezing €32,158 in various bank accounts set up as part of the conspiracy. While €30,000 was later traced to a German bank account, more than €150,000 of the funds obtained from fraudulent PUP payments is now unaccounted for. Detectives also obtained a recording of a call from one of the defendants to an individual nicknamed "The Chairman" who was believed to be the head of a Nigerian criminal organisation. Judge Helen Boyle was told the bank accounts central to the scam were set up thanks to information obtained from a data breach whereby a cloned website was used to obtain personal details from people after falsely advising them they were required for jury service.
Oluwagbewikeke Lewis (36) of Brookdale, Midleton, Co Cork, and Bashiru Aderibige (44) formerly of Dwyers Road, Midleton, but now resident in Ballincollig, Co Cork, pleaded guilty before Judge Boyle to offences contrary to Section 71 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2006.
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Aderibige, who is also originally from Nigeria, has been living in Ireland for 18 years and is an Irish citizen. He has five children and has been working as a taxi driver. Aderibige has no previous convictions in Ireland.
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It was just a oversight!
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Immigrants?
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Ken the racist wha. I'm sorry Ken but that's your new name. The racist!
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Is it only those drivers that are white and Irish by accident of birth that are allowed work and claim PUP and, if so, is that just in Cork?
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That is one seriously sad attempt to get out of what you just wrote. Unbelievable! Ni**er is nowhere near Nigerian. For starters it has two too many letters than the word EVERYONE knows you meant and secondly Nigerian does not end in "er" like the original ni**er that you wrote. Pull the bleedin other one Ken will ya.
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It was a sad day fer humanity when we took the Chains off the Kounts !
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ken is right.
the only good feargal is a dead feargal.
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I imagine that the law would require active forum moderation at least.
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I imagine that the law would require active forum moderation at least.
It's called 'Free Speech' Harry !
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No Ken, that is hate speech and illegal to boot.
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https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1989/act/19/enacted/en/html (https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1989/act/19/enacted/en/html)
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https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2021/1105/1258072-dublin-arrests/ (https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2021/1105/1258072-dublin-arrests/)
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Where were these 2 from? Cork or Nigeria?
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-40231541.html (https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-40231541.html)
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Any football abilities? ::fuck
I'd hazard a guess at Nigerian heritage:
Teen who gave his address on Snapchat for delivery spared jail after €500k of MDMA arrived
Talented footballer, Aluebhosele, accepted the parcel from a garda posing as a delivery man
By Fiona Ferguson
November 05 2021 04:55 PM
A teenager who gave his address to a Snapchat contact to use for a delivery has avoided a jail term after over half a million euro in drugs arrived in a parcel.
Sean Aluebhosele (19) accepted the parcel from a garda posing as a courier in a controlled delivery.
His lawyers said he had given over his address without fully knowing what he was getting involved in and asked the court to be lenient, submitting he was in a “vulnerable, naive and stupid” category.
Aluebhosele, of Castlegate Place, Adamstown, Lucan, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of MDMA at his home on June 24, 2019. Aluebhosele, a talented footballer, was 17 years old at the time of the offence and has no previous convictions.
Judge Melanie Greally said Aluebhosele was a young man with a large amount of potential particularly in the sporting arena. She noted testimonials and letters handed into court on his behalf.
She said this was a case which presented the court with difficulties due to the amount of drugs involved. She accepted it was not done for personal profit, but said it was a serious lapse of judgement on his part for which there would be extremely serious consequences.
The judge said the circumstances were so exceptional as to come within a small category of cases in which a non-custodial sentence could be imposed due to his age, immaturity and good record.
She said ordinarily a higher sentence would be imposed but noted, he was a juvenile at the time.
The judge set a headline sentence of seven and a half years. She gave him credit for his plea, his respectable family background and his own letter outlining remorse. She took into account a favourable probation report before the court assessing him as at low risk of reoffending.
Judge Greally imposed a five year sentence which she suspended in full for five years.
Garda John Griffin told Fiona McGowan BL, prosecuting, that gardai had information from UK colleagues that a parcel coming from the Netherlands was addressed to a house in Adamstown.
A garda dressed as a courier delivered the package to Aluebhosele’s address and the accused signed for it. Gardai then executed a search warrant they had obtained prior to the delivery.
The package, which was unopened, was in the sitting room. It appeared at first sight to be a toolbox, but was found to contain MDMA with a street value of €597,900.
Aluebhosele was arrested and told gardai he had not known the package, which was addressed to his Snapchat user name rather than his real name, was coming.
He said a person had asked to use his address for a delivery and he had initially said no, but later agreed. He told gardai he had no idea what was in the package.
The garda agreed with Seamus Clarke SC, defending, that Aluebhosele comes from a decent family and that his father had encouraged him to tell the truth to gardai. He agreed Aluebhosele was in employment.
He accepted that Aluebhosele spoke about a football career and told gardai he did not take drugs.
Mr Clarke said the offence had occurred when Aluebhosele was just turned 17 years old, but a file was not sent to the DPP until 16 months later. He said if his client, who pleaded guilty at an early stage, had been sentenced as a juvenile it would have been of more benefit to him.
He submitted that Aluebhosele had gotten into a situation where he allowed his address to be used without fully knowing what was going to be involved. He said the package had not been opened and his client had been with his father who had asked him what was in a package.
He handed in a number of testimonials from acquaintances and people he knew in his community. He said Aluebhosele had hopes of becoming a professional footballer and showed great potential.
Counsel said his client works five days a week and is allowed to leave early to go to training.
He said Aluebhosele had made a “terrible, terrible mistake” and fell into a category of offenders who were “vulnerable, naïve and stupid.” He asked the court to be lenient.
(https://i.postimg.cc/06N6bC42/E62-Xjh6-WYAo-BQGM.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/06N6bC42)
I wonder will he take ownership of the "Stupid and naive" defence?
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No Ken, that is hate speech and illegal to boot.
Never had you down as a snowflake horse!
Inanyways cork men are Langer's as black men are to nuggers , or as a member of the minority travelling group are dirty scum sucking smelly subspecies.
Or as they usta say before snowflakes took over white nuggers.
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I was only winding him up T bone and as usual he fell for it.
Current Legislative Position
Ireland does not currently have any specific legislation to deal with hate crime. The only legislation in Ireland that deals with hate-based offences is the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989. Although criminal hate speech is an offence there have been very few prosecutions since its introduction.
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https://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/Criminal_Justice_(Hate_Crime)_Bill_2021 (https://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/Criminal_Justice_(Hate_Crime)_Bill_2021)
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Oh, I didn't know there was a new updated bill.
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I imagine that the law would require active forum moderation at least.
The T&Cs on registration make it clear that moderation cannot be relied upon to identify/remove offending posts. Posts that are reported using the report feature are generally reviewed within 5-10 working days. If more urgent action is required the posts should be reported by email to info@intaxi.org or admin@intaxi.org
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Being a good footballer has about as much relevance in mitigation against sentencing as being good at making a cheese sandwich yet it's there time after time.. ::) ::)
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I imagine that the law would require active forum moderation at least.
There was a time we could rely on various external orgainisations to bring non-PC content to our attantion. Alas, they don't seem to bother anymore.
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Being a good footballer has about as much relevance in mitigation against sentencing as being good at making a cheese sandwich yet it's there time after time.. ::) ::)
Is the black lad that plays in goal for ROI considered to be a good footballer?
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Being a good footballer has about as much relevance in mitigation against sentencing as being good at making a cheese sandwich yet it's there time after time.. ::) ::)
Is the black lad that plays in goal for ROI considered to be a good footballer?
Top quality player but that has no relevance if he hypothetically went and stole his next door neighbour's motor.
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Being black he'd most likely be shot or locked up regardless... ifn he was white and Irish by accident of birth a judge who likes the English game might go easy on him, I guess. Are there any half decent soccer players who are white and Irish by accident of birth?
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Being black he'd most likely be shot or locked up regardless... ifn he was white and Irish by accident of birth a judge who likes the English game might go easy on him, I guess. Are there any half decent soccer players who are white and Irish by accident of birth?
No goalscorers worth talking about.
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Getting backi to the two men mentioned in the OP, the Independent is reporting that it's suspected they're part of the Black Axe crime organisation...
Men guilty of €183,000 PUP scam could have links with notorious Black Axe gang (https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/men-guilty-of-183000-pup-scam-could-have-links-with-notorious-black-axe-gang-41023571.html) (Indo, 6 Nov 2021)
Detectives suspect two men who pleaded guilty this week to a money-laundering conspiracy involving €183,491 in funds fraudulently obtained under the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) programme are part of the global-wide Nigerian Black Axe crime organisation.
Black Axe is considered to be the world’s biggest fraud gang, and senior officers attached to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) believe its activities in Ireland have significantly increased in recent years.
“It is suspected that this gang has been in Ireland for around 20 years but their activities here have become more prevalent,” a source told the Irish Independent.
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'Tis good to see the friendly Corkonians making friends internationally :-X
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Black AxeCap........new series coming soon!!
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Being black he'd most likely be shot or locked up regardless... ifn he was white and Irish by accident of birth a judge who likes the English game might go easy on him, I guess. Are there any half decent soccer players who are white and Irish by accident of birth?
Denis Irwin....
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I was only winding him up T bone and as usual he fell for it......
It was the other way around Horse, I was only winding yiz up and see who would bite !!
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Oh I see Ken. So you were only winding a whole race of people up when you said we should've left the chains on them? Sorry, my bad.