Three charged in €6m 'ghost broker' motor insurance fraud case

The court heard that more than 2,500 motor insurance policies were identified as having been fraudulently obtained from 10 insurance firms

Alexander Afanaschenko outside Blanchardstown District Court this morning where he faced 210 charges. Photo: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Two businessmen and an art teacher have been charged over a €6m “ghost broker” motor insurance policy fraud.

Alexander Afanaschenko, 45, of Bewley Drive, in Lucan, Mikhail Yegorov, 38, with an address at Charnwood Court, Clonsilla and Elena Olenik, 44, who lives in Berryfield, Finnstown, Lucan, Dublin, were remanded on bail after they appeared before Judge Gerard Jones at Blanchardstown District Court today.