Money mule charge for Bandon resident

Gardaí allege that €33,900 was immediately withdrawn before AIB could freeze it, and moved elsewhere, including into cryptocurrency

The court heard that the sum of more than €33,900 was transferred from outside the jurisdiction by a Romanian bank to the bank account in the AIB branch on South Main St in Bandon. File photo: Pexels

A man has been charged with a money mule offence after an allegation that more than €33,000 was transferred into his account before the cash was immediately moved on and never recovered.

Bandon District Court heard that the money was fraudulently taken from a Romanian company before it was transferred from a bank in Romania to the AIB account of Eliss Asemota in Bandon in Co. Cork.