Dad-of-one charged over €190k invoice re-direct fraud from overseas companies

Steven Sylvester faces five counts of money laundering, four charges for handling stolen ID cards, one count of using a false passport to open a bank account and another for attempted deception.

Steven Sylvester faces five counts of money laundering, four charges for handling stolen ID cards, one count of using a false passport to open a bank account and another for attempted deception, from 2018 to 2020.

A father-of-one has been charged over a €190,000 invoice redirect fraud targeting firms from Hong Kong, Finland and the United States.

Steven Sylvester, 27, originally from Nigeria but with an address at The Alley Apartments, Fairgreen Street, in Naas, Co Kildare, was arrested during a fraud investigation by officers from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB).