Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Ciaran Sweeney

1 report across 1 case, 23 Feb 2025 to 23 Feb 2025

Victim: Ciaran Sweeney, Irish man (judged from name)Ciaran Sweeney

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Offences
Possession of proceeds of crime
Where
Co. Donegal
Reporting
1 report, 23 Feb 2025 to 23 Feb 2025
Outlets
donegallive.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Man sentenced for possession of proceeds of crime in Donegal Possession of proceeds of crime · Co. Donegal

    On October 16, 2020, €7,600 was taken from the bank account of Ciaran Sweeney, a man from Donegal, through a smishing text scam and credited to the AIB account of Ben McGuigan, a 25-year-old. McGuigan was charged with one count of possessing property that was the proceeds of criminal conduct. He pleaded guilty at Letterkenny Circuit Court in November 2024. In February 2025, he was sentenced to two and a half years, with a 12-month adjournment to allow repayment of the €7,600, after which the judge will consider a suspended sentence.

    Sentenced, 23 Feb 2025Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Ciaran Sweeney, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 23 Feb2025
    Sentenceddonegallive.ie, in Man sentenced for possession of proceeds of crime in Donegal
    Man on money laundering charge claimed to Donegal gardai he was mugged
    victim, Ciaran Sweeney, male, irish (judged from name)Ciaran Sweeney

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