Ireland Named in reporting
Daniel Stepien
Born between November 1995 and January 1996, from the ages reported. 7 reports across 2 cases, 8 Nov 2022 to 30 Jan 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused
- Born
- Between November 1995 and January 1996, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Conspiracy (learner permit fraud), Blackmail (making an unwarranted demand with menace); possession of cannabis
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 7 reports, 8 Nov 2022 to 30 Jan 2025
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com, thejournal.ie, rte.ie, irishmirror.ie
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Cases
latest first- Pair jailed for conspiracy in learner permit fraud in Dublin Conspiracy (learner permit fraud) · Co. Dublin
A group of five individuals in Dublin posed as learner drivers to sit the driver theory test on behalf of third parties, with 124 incidents identified between 14 September 2019 and 29 June 2021. Alina Glont, a 42-year-old woman from Finglas, and Daniel Stepien, a 29-year-old man from Clonsilla, were part of the scheme in which third parties paid between €1,000 and €2,000 per test. Glont was arrested at her home on 18 June 2024 as part of a Garda National Economic Crime Bureau investigation that began in March 2021, and both were charged with two counts of conspiracy. They pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 29 January 2025 and were sentenced the following day, with Glont receiving two and a half years and Stepien 32 months.
Sentenced, 30 Jan 2025Convicted, accused · 5 reports - Three men sentenced for OnlyFans blackmail in Dublin Blackmail (making an unwarranted demand with menace); possession of cannabis · Co. Dublin
In March 2021, a teenager in Dublin received messages from a subscriber to her OnlyFans account who threatened to send explicit photos to her family unless she paid €10,000. Daniel Stepien (26), Dawid Michalik (37) and David Ostrowski (21), all men, were arrested in a Garda sting operation in Clonsilla after the girl contacted them for help. All three pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to making an unwarranted demand with menace, with Stepien and Michalik also admitting possession of cannabis. Judge Nolan sentenced Michalik to two years in prison and adjourned Ostrowski for a Probation Service report, while the article reports two of the three men were jailed.
Sentenced, 8 Nov 2022Convicted · 2 reports
Timeline
every report naming Daniel Stepien, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 30 Jan2025Man and woman jailed for posing as learner drivers to sit theory tests on behalf of othersconvicted, Daniel Stepien, 29, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Stepien
- 30 Jan2025Man and woman jailed for over two years for sitting driver theory test on others' behalfconvicted, Daniel Stepien, 29, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Stepien
- 30 Jan20252 jailed for posing as learner drivers to sit theory testconvicted, Daniel Stepien, 29, male, namedDaniel Stepien
- 30 Jan2025Pair to be sentenced for posing as L drivers to sit tests for othersaccused, Daniel Stepien, 29, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Stepien
- 29 Jan2025Man and woman who sat driver theory test on behalf of others plead guilty to conspiracyconvicted, Daniel Stepien, 29, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Stepien
- 8 Nov2022Men jailed after threatening to send Irish girl's OnlyFans photos to familyconvicted, Daniel Stepien, 26, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Stepien
- 8 Nov2022Men blackmailed teenager about releasing photos from her OnlyFans account to her familyconvicted, Daniel Stepien, 26, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Daniel Stepien
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