Three months to prove cash is clean

the collopy who has a stall in the market is a cousin of the mob, he is not involved in any criminal activity, he and his wife are hard working folk, he is a fairly decent guy, just trying to get on with his life.

It's easy enough.

What did you spend on ingredients?

How many cones would that make?

How much is a cone?

Does that add up to €11,000?

Yes? Well here's your money back.

No? Then fuck off.

...obviously, John. Yet these people have hardly come to CAB's attention for selling ice-cream, have they?. Legitimate a business as that selling ices may be, perhaps CAB feel entitled to ask the Collopy's have they traded in other commodities, or try to account for where this money came from rather than what it's for.

I'm sure if a corner-shop is set up by people "well known to the law" it will attract the attention of CAB and Garda as it would be naive at best to imagine a "front business" is not being set up to launder cash earned by nefarious means.

Nor would I be too quick to associate this particular case with all market stallholders or corner shops, the overwhelming majority of whom may feel rightly offended by being tarred with the same brush.

I also think you'll find also that people who deal in cash over the counter still pay for their goods on invoices and receipts from wholesalers and other suppliers. A paper trail exists in practically any cash business, something that the Revenue Commisioners are pretty insistent on certainly with regards to all traders.

On the contrary, this money will be returned to the rightful owners. These people run a number of legitimate businesses that only deal in cash, primarily ice-cream vans, and chip vans. It might also be kind to mention all of these vans have legitimate trading licences, and this family also have licences to trade (again primarily in cash) at the local market in Limeirck. Surely it 's not this family's fault that the way they choose to earn their living is from venture's that deal in cash? This is life!

What do CAB want these people to do now? Go around all the housing estates and ask children to verify how much money they spent on ice-cream cones in the last twelve months??

Why arent CAB investigating all the corner shops etc that primarily deal in cash??

People wake up, I come from an accountancy role, and these people will get their money back!!! If they dont, their accountant is shit, and maybe they should push their accounting business towards a proper reputable firm like ours!!

By the way......I have no opinion on other ways that cash may make it way into this household!!!!

It's all blood money (in my opinion) money that has poisoned and killed many people and left others burned out of their homes and hooked on heroin, may they suffer a lifetime of misery if i am right.

This is going to be an interesting case to follow.

If the money's from the sources that the Collopys claim its from [removed ... prejudicial] it's going to be a pain in the neck to prove. The icecream money for example, how's an accountant going to show that this cash arrived via legitimate cash transactions?

The Lourdes money. Well that's only what it might be used for, it's not a breakdown of where it came from.

The house's money - good bloody house, most others are money pits. Still not an idea though as to where the money came from.

€5,000 for the builder, good stuff - still no mention of where the money came from though.

If any of this money was withdrawn from a bank account, one would think that receipts would have been provided already (the bank would even be able to provide serial numbers). Tis looking like this €11,000 plus is going to fund a big party for the Gardaí rather than wing its way back to the Collopys.

If the money is not legitimate, it'll be interesting to see how big a hole the Collopys dig for themselves and anyone who goes along for the ride.

Let's pretend, just for the sake of argument, that the money was arrived at by dealing in illicit drugs. If that were the case, the Collopys would be in quite a lot of trouble. Dealing in cash isn't as safe as it used to be (unless you deal exclusively in change). The history of each note can be traced to a high degree of accuracy via bank and other records. Not to mention that each and every note could be checked for fingerprints to establish patterns of well known drug users buying stuff from well known drug dealers. Compare all of these and you end up in a world of hurt if you're actively and knowingly spinning a line of crap - god help any accountant friends who try to muddy waters too. Course I'm not accusing any good person who enjoys a presumption of innocence of anything, I'm merely supposing.

Yup, fun times ahead.

Whereabouts is their stall in the Market? Just in case I feel like avoiding it.

So the "builder" was to paid €5000 in cash. Bet the Revenue would like a word with that mystery man.

€3000 "belonged" to the house ? Smart house, I wish my one saved a few euro instead of wasting it all on bricks and mortar.

The Ice-cream trade sounds remarkably lucrative...and far safer...than other commodities we hear too much of these days. Mr. Whippy here I come.

...and aw, shucks, break your heart, €980 to send the child to Lourdes - there goes the magic miracle trick to get new tyres for the wheelchair! - cruel indeed.

lookm at their car if they pack up after the market. a massive black SUV with a 08 number plate... and all this from selling apples and bananas...

by any chance is her accountant from one of the "professional offices" that was also raided???