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A former airport policeman and male model has been jailed for five years for his involvement in money laundering totaling more than 1 million euros.
The Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Mark Adams (41) life had been “ruined” by drug addiction and gambling. He was on a waiting list for treatment when customs officials stopped him as he was about to board a flight with more than half a million euros in cash hidden in 2015.
“If I tell them I’m a dead man, even if I don’t tell them I’m a dead man anyway,” Adams said when asked about the origin of the cash at the airport.
The father of one has no prior convictions and has been detained since March 2020.
Adams, of Castle Heath, Malahide, Dublin, pleaded guilty to participating in the handling of € 582,045, proceeds from criminal conduct, at Dublin Airport on September 11, 2015.
He also pleaded guilty to money laundering in relation to € 227,130 at the Bank of Ireland, Dublin Airport; € 298,280 in PTSB, Main Street Malahide and € 78,990 in Bank of Ireland Credit Card Center on dates between January 2012 and March 2017.
Judge Martin Nolan said that as an airport cop for 13 years, Adams “knew the ways of the world” and would have had no illusions that he was helping and assisting criminal enterprises.
He noted that Adams had pleaded guilty, admitted and had no criminal record. He took into account that Adams has a work history and is a good father and family man.
“I consider money laundering to be very serious. It is vital for any criminal enterprise to have people to launder money for them and for their own reasons they did, ”Judge Nolan said. He imposed five years in prison.
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