Bank customer refused €5k in mix-up over laundering rules

FORGET the luxury of Las Vegas, the class of the Caymans or even the moneyed delights of Monaco.

Bank customer refused €5k in mix-up over laundering rules

Judging by the way Bank of Ireland wrongly treated one of its loyal customers, dastardly money-launderers are just as likely to be living la dolce vita in... Macroom.

The unusual revelation was put to one customer in the mid-Cork town after she was blocked from taking a relatively small amount of cash out of her three decades-old local account due to anti-money-laundering rules.

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