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

[watty]

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 (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 

[Shallowhal]

Black AxeCap........new series coming soon!!

[Belker]

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....

[Belker]

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 !!

[Horse]

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.