2 Cork men (incl 1 taxi driver) plead guilty to €183k PUP fraud

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Two plead guilty to money-laundering conspiracy involving over €183K in fake Pandemic Unemployment Payments

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

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?

[markmiwurdz]

Any football abilities?

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Any football abilities?

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

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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[Cool Boola]

It was just a oversight!

[Rat Catcher]

Immigrants?

[Horse]

Ken the racist wha. I'm sorry Ken but that's your new name. The racist!

[Rat Catcher]

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?

[Horse]

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.

[Belker]

It was a sad day fer humanity when we took the Chains off the Kounts !

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

ken is right.
the only good feargal is a dead feargal.

[Bob Shillin]

I imagine that the law would require active forum moderation at least.

[Belker]

I imagine that the law would require active forum moderation at least.

It's called 'Free Speech' Harry !

[Horse]

No Ken, that is hate speech and illegal to boot.