Student from Cork college charged with laundering €56k

Sydney Amyamwu was arrested at Heuston train station in Dublin

Sydney Amyamwu was charged with four offences under section seven of Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 for having crime proceeds totalling €56,461 in three bank accounts on dates between January and August 2020. File photo: iStock

A Co. Kerry college student is to stand trial accused of money laundering of crime proceeds totalling more than €56,000 in Dublin.

Sydney Amyamwu, 20, of Lee Drive, Ballinorig, Tralee, Co. Kerry, was arrested at Heuston train station in Dublin yesterday. It follows an investigation by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau.