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Ireland Crime

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Case No. 1306Fraud (proceeds of crime – fraudulent online email account scheme) · Co. Dublin

Supreme Court remits Swedish man's challenge over €557,000 fraudulent email account scheme to High Court

The Supreme Court unanimously allowed an appeal by Swedish man Harry Zeman and ordered the case remitted to the High Court for a limited hearing on fresh evidence, in a Criminal Assets Bureau claim that €557,000 in an Irish bank account represented proceeds of a fraudulent online email account scheme run by his firm Routeback Media AB.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In court16 Jul
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

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12 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe amount in dispute is $651,000 (€557,000) held in an Irish bank account. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe money was collected by Routeback, trading as Local Mart, over four days as part of a scam primarily targeting US card holders. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe Court of Appeal dismissed Zeman's appeal in 2022. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtA five-judge Supreme Court heard a further appeal in April 2025 and allowed it unanimously, with one judge dissenting in part. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe original High Court application to have the money declared proceeds of crime was brought by the Criminal Assets Bureau. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe High Court ordered in 2011 that Routeback and Zeman could not dispose of or deal in the asset under Section 3.1 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtIn 2018 the CAB sought a final disposal order forfeiting the money to the State under Section 4 of the 1996 Act. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe High Court made a final disposal order in 2022 after Zeman claimed procedural unfairness and new evidence. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe Supreme Court ruled the Section 3.1 order was final but there remained scope for fresh evidence in strictly limited and justified circumstances. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe burden is on Zeman to prove the assets did not derive from criminal activity or that a disposal order would be unjust. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtMr Justice Brian Murray agreed the appeal should be allowed but dissented in part in a separate judgment. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherHarry Zeman is a director of Swedish firm Routeback Media AB. (irishtimes.com)

The reporting

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  1. 16 Jul2025
    In courtirishtimes.com, first report
    Supreme Court orders another hearing of challenge over fraudulent online email account scheme

    Supreme Court ruling remitting the CAB's proceeds of crime case to the High Court for a limited hearing on genuinely new evidence, after the Court of Appeal had dismissed Zeman's earlier appeal in 2022.

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