Over €8,000 seized from criminal mastermind

A mastermind criminal who ran a global ATM bank card scamming operation from his house in Limerick has consented to the forfeiture of more than €8,000 in cash, found during a garda search at his home.

An application was made at Limerick District Court yesterday by Supt Frank O’Brien, Henry St Garda Station, for forfeiture of the money, seized in Feb 2011.

The man behind the elaborate illegal bank card enterprise, Vitalii Pascari, appeared in court yesterday.