19/02/2014

Northern Bank Cash Laundering: Financier Changes Plea To Guilty

Timothy 'Ted' Cunningham, the financial adviser who denied involvement in laundering £605,000 from the Northern Bank robbery, has changed his plea to guilty.

According to reports 65-year-old Cunningham, of Farran, Co Cork, pleaded guilty to two charges of money laundering in relation to cash stolen from the Belfast branch of the Northern Bank in 2004.

Cunningham pleaded guilty to laundering a total of £275,400 and receiving cheques totalling 200.000 euros.

He was remanded on bail for sentence at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on 27 February.

(CVS/MH)

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