High-level gang member jailed for money laundering

Jason Reed, 40yrs, of Maelduin, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath at the Criminal Courts of Justice (CCJ) on Parkgate Street in Dublin. Picture: Collins Courts

A trusted, high-level member of a transnational criminal gang who was caught with more than €350k in crime cash has been sentenced to seven years in prison by the Special Criminal Court.

Jason Reed, aged 40, was also found to have five luxury Rolex watches, an encrypted Aquarius phone and to have purchased a mobile home for cash, despite having no source of income.