"Dublin-based Chengwen Guo (43) owned mobile phone shops in Blackrock, Dundrum, Sutton Cross, Ranelagh and Newbridge Court heard fake iPhones were sent for repair and then replacement was claimed under Apple's warranty scheme His co-accused, who was an employee of Fonfix in Sandyford, was jailed last month A Dublin-based Chinese businessman has been jailed for seven years and nine months over a money-laundering operation connected to an international €10 million "zombie" iPhone fraud."
"Chengwen Guo (43) who was the "Irish representative of a transnational crime organisation," pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to theft and money laundering offences on dates between 2021 and 2022."
Chengwen Guo, 43, owned mobile phone shops in Blackrock, Dundrum, Sutton Cross, Ranelagh and Newbridge Court. Fake iPhones were sent for repair and replacements were claimed under Apple's warranty scheme. The scheme fed into an international €10 million "zombie" iPhone fraud that laundered proceeds through Irish operations. Guo pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to theft and money laundering offences occurring between 2021 and 2022. The court labelled Guo the Irish representative of a transnational crime organisation. Guo was sentenced to seven years and nine months in prison. A co-accused who worked at Fonfix in Sandyford was jailed the previous month.
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