Judge rules 84 motor vehicles seized in Co. Tipperary represent proceeds of crime

The court heard 'very large mandate frauds' have enriched the Khans by some €3.5m which had been introduced into their motor dealerships in England and Ireland

The judge found CAB had established, to the requisite standard of proof, that funding for stock in trade and business operations of Autology was sourced in proceeds of mandate frauds perpetrated by the Khans and their associates. File photo

A High Court judge has ruled that 84 motor vehicles and a trailer seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau from a motor dealer’s yard in Co. Tipperary represent, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of crime.

Mr Justice Alexander Owens made a similar finding concerning a sum of €153,000 in a car dealing company's bank account in Tralee, Co Kerry, controlled by a Lithuanian businesswoman, Agne Khan, and her brother-in-law, Jawad Khan.