EncroChat investigation: five jailed over Scottish £19 million criminal cash network
The High Court in Glasgow sentenced five men on 30 October for collecting, storing and moving criminal cash. According to Police Scotland, Anthony Carroll senior controlled approximately £19 million between January and May 2020.
Carroll senior, 57, received four years and six months. His son Anthony Carroll junior and Michael Monaghan, both 37, each received three years. Ryan Carberry, 46, was sentenced to three years and three months, and Marc Cooper, 34, to two years and nine months. All five pleaded guilty in August. Their case forms part of Operation Venetic, the international investigation targeting criminal groups using encrypted phones.
The case concerns proceeds from cocaine, heroin and cannabis dealing. The official sentencing statement describes the four co-accused collecting, counting, storing and moving money under Carroll senior’s direction and communicating through EncroChat. The five men’s offending falls between January and June 2020. Serious Crime Prevention Orders will apply after release: five years for Carroll senior and four years for the others.
