Businessman's wife has €20,000 seized by State

The elderly wife of a deceased Dublin businessman has had €20,000 seized by the State because it was the proceeds of tax evasion involving undeclared jewellery imported into the country.

Teresa Cusack of the Jewel Casket, South Anne Street, Dublin 2 forfeited the money which was seized from a jewellery store safe after Judge Katherine Delahunt ruled at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that it was the "proceeds of crime".