'Currency traders' had 'wined and dined' man into money-laundering operation, court told

Judge Helen Boyle said a common feature of money-laundering cases was that people hoped to emulate the high life apparently enjoyed by others

The court heard the defendant “was effectively groomed by individuals who wined and dined him in Dublin – took him to the high spots and wouldn’t allow him to pay". File picture

A young man was wined and dined in Dublin by “currency traders” but when they told him to make “no noise” about €10,000 landing in his bank account he found himself at the centre of a money-laundering investigation.

Judge Helen Boyle told the young man that people involving themselves in this crime often believed there was easy money to be made but she said that everyone had to work for their income.