International crime gang member fails in bid to reduce sentence

Daniel Munteanu, a 32-year-old Romanian national residing in County Meath, has been unsuccessful in challenging a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence imposed for his involvement in an international bank card fraud operation. The Court of Appeal dismissed his application on 8 March 2022. Munteanu had pleaded guilty at Trim Circuit Criminal Court to ten counts of theft totalling €121,800 stolen from 52 Bank of Ireland…