Man who used laundered money to buy juicer, oil extractor machine gets community service order
An accomplished dancer who used €13,000 in laundered money to buy a juicer, a food processor and an oil extractor machine has been ordered to complete community service.
Paul Olunaike (34), a Dublin father-of-four, pleaded guilty to possessing €13,738 as the proceeds of crime in his bank account on August 25th, 2020.
Olunaike, with an address at Russell Square, Tallaght, Dublin 24, has two previous convictions for minor assault and possessing €20 worth of drugs.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court previously heard that Olunaike has a “significant degree of shame and remorse” after he allowed his Ulster Bank account details to be used for invoice redirect fraud.
At a previous hearing, Judge Orla Crowe set a headline sentence of two years but adjourned finalisation to give probation services time to assess whether Olunaike would be suitable for community service.
On Thursday, the court heard Olunaike had been deemed suitable for community service.
Judge Crowe said the court was…
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