The bureau cites Mr O鈥橲ullivan鈥檚 daughters鈥 attendance at an exclusive Swiss finishing school, Surval Montreux, as an indicator of this lifestyle.
On Wednesday, barrister Jim Benson, for the bureau, sought orders related to assets linked to Mr O鈥橲ullivan, which were seized during searches of properties connected to him in June 2020. Among the assets seized were various devices recovered at his Glenageary address, including iPhones, Google Pixel phones and Samsung tablets.
It is the bureau鈥檚 case that Mr O鈥橲ullivan was involved in the supply of EncroChat devices, and that these devices were held by Mr O鈥橲ullivan to this end. EncroChat is a now-defunct encrypted messaging service favoured by those involved in organised crime.
Other items seized included luxury watches, a Louis Vuitton briefcase, 鈧3,060 cash and a gold bullion coin.
Mr Justice Alexander Owens said he was satisfied these assets were the proceeds of crime, granting the orders sought by the bureau under section 3 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996.
The judge refused to make the order sought in relation to 鈧16,350 held in a bank account held under Mr O鈥橲ullivan鈥檚 aunt鈥檚 name. The court heard evidence that this account was used to pay for Mr O鈥橲ullivan鈥檚 daughter鈥檚 Swiss school fees.
Mr Justice Owens said the net effect of granting orders sought relating to the bank account would be to take money from the pension of an elderly woman, and that this would be 鈥渦nfair鈥.
Crime group connections
In making his orders, Mr Justice Owens noted evidence submitted on Mr O鈥橲ullivan鈥檚 connections to a Chinese money laundering gang, who have provided services to the Kinahan organised crime group.
In the 2000s, Mr O鈥橲ullivan was targeted and arrested in joint Irish and Dutch police operations focusing on the activities of the Kinahan organised crime group, the bureau allege.
Mr O鈥橲ullivan has not lived in Ireland for some time, the court heard. He has no criminal convictions in Ireland, but was convicted of two separate drug-related offences in Spain and the Netherlands.