'Vulnerable' Blarney man avoids jail for laundering €700k

The man's barrister told the court his client was preyed upon by a group of people to carry out the money-laundering
'Vulnerable' Blarney man avoids jail for laundering €700k

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin was told that Mr  McCarthy derived no benefit from his criminality.

Sat, 06 Feb, 2021 - 10:06
Liam Heylin

A Blarney man caught laundering almost €700,000 in cash in 2017 was given a two-year suspended jail term yesterday.

28-year-old Andrew McCarthy of Chalwood, Blarney, County Cork pleaded guilty to the money-laundering charge.

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