Dubliner, 24, set for trial accused of helping ‘darknet market' gang launder €14m in cryptocurrency criminal proceeds
Kevin Daniel Andrei, 24, of Drynam Avenue,
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It follows a Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau (GNCCB) probe.
In January, a judge set today as the deadline for the investigation team to obtain directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Mr Andrei, who had been on bail, appeared before Judge Miriam Walsh at Cloverhill District Court.
He was charged with two extra offences:
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Detective Ciaran Byrne said the DPP had also directed trial on indictment.
Mr Andrei was briefly remanded in custody because the District Court can't grant bail for the organised crime-related charge.
Defence solicitor Kate McGhee moved an immediate application in the Cloverhill High Court bail list.
There was no
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Prosecutors must complete a book of evidence and serve it on him before he can be returned to the Circuit Court for trial.
He has yet to indicate a plea.
In the original three charges, he was accused of 'concealing and disguising the true nature and source of 65 Wirex transactions' totalling €22,049 between March 3, 2021, and September 5, 2022, at various locations.
According to another charge, between February 26, 2021, and February 26, 2024, he engaged in 'concealing and disguising the true nature and source of 1,822
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The third claims he disguised the true nature and source of 422 separate Binance transactions worth €341,959 between March 21, 2021, and December 20, 2023, at various places in Ireland.
He has surrendered his passport, has to sign on three days a week at his local garda station, not to apply for a replacement passport or new travel documents, reside at his current address, and always be contactable.
Mr Andrei has also been warned 'not to carry out any cryptocurrency transactions' or comment about the case on public forums, including
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Kevin Daniel Andrei was charged in August with three counts of possessing close to €600,000 in crime earnings
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