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Case No. 4553Money laundering · Co. Dublin

Student sentenced to 21 months for laundering over €100,000 from invoice redirection scams

Adeleke Adelani, 27, was sentenced to 21 months in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for laundering more than €100,000 stolen in invoice redirection scams. The court heard he recruited money-mule bank accounts used to facilitate the thefts.

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  6. Sentenced19 Nov
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Key facts

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  • whatAdelani was given a 21-month prison sentence for laundering more than €100,000 stolen in invoice redirection scams. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatIn January 2020 Western Brand Poultry's accounts manager paid €91,152 to an account whose details had been fraudulently changed. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatIn October 2019 an Italian company lost €22,581 through an invoice redirection fraud. (irishtimes.com)
  • whereAdelani's address is given as Riverside View, Lower Main Street, Letterkenny, Co Donegal. (irishtimes.com)
  • whenAdelani also pleaded guilty to laundering proceeds of crime between October 2018 and February 2021. (irishtimes.com)
  • causeIn November 2019 a house builder's payment was redirected by email to a money-mule account. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationGardaí found about 50 images of other people's bank account details on Adelani's phone. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationThe holder of the Permanent TSB account used for the Mayo payment was arrested. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationAdelani was arrested on 13 June 2022. (irishtimes.com)
  • chargeAdelani pleaded guilty to laundering €100,397 in criminal cash in November 2019 and January 2020. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtDetective Garda Jennings told the court that Adelani's bank accounts received €124,000, and only €3,500 could be legitimately accounted for. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe State's case is that Adelani was not involved in setting up the scams but was a recruiter for money-mule bank accounts. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtJudge Martin Nolan said Adelani was up to his neck in money laundering and was paid substantial rewards for it. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtDetective Garda Jennings told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court about the case. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceAdelani was sentenced to 21 months in prison, to run consecutively to his current sentence. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe man building a house in Ballinteer, Co Cork, wired €9,245 to the money-mule account. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe bank froze the account, and just over €62,500 was recalled to the Mayo firm, leaving a loss of €28,634. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherNone of the stolen money has been recovered. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherAdelani said the €124,000 was earned from cutting hair during the Covid lockdown. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherAdelani has previous convictions for assault, false imprisonment, burglary and production of an article. (irishtimes.com)

The reporting

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  1. 19 Nov2025
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, first report
    Student sentenced to 21 months in prison for laundering more than €100,000

    Sentencing report for Adelani at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. It covers the laundering offences from 2019 to 2020, the Cork, Mayo and Italian victims, and the 21-month sentence. No existing case matches.

    convicted, Adeleke Adelani, 27, named, non-irish (judged from name)Adeleke Adelanivictim, malevictim, Breda Waldron, irish (judged from name)Breda Waldronsuspect