REVENUE ESTIMATED FELLONI MADE IEP200,000 IN 11 YEARS

A Revenue Commissioner estimate showed that the convicted drug dealer, Tony
Felloni, had an overall income of more than IEP200,000 in 1974-85, Dublin
Circuit Criminal Court has been told.

The court also heard that a bank account set up for his daughter, Regina,
when she was a year old later contained more than IEP140,000 and now holds
more than IEP62,600.

Gardai also said documents found in a skip contained details of bank drafts
made out to Regina Felloni for more than IEP19,000.

The evidence was heard on the second day of an application by the Director
of Public Prosecutions to seize the assets of Felloni, his daughter, Regina,
and his son, Luigi, all of whom are serving sentences for selling heroin.

A tax official with the Criminal Assets Bureau said Tony Felloni wrote to
the Revenue Commissioners in June 1991, claiming that "like thousands of
other misfortunates in this country", he was unemployed for long periods.

An Irish Permanent Building Society official said Felloni had IEP150,555 in
its O'Connell Street branch in 1992 under the name Anthony Carroll. The
hearing had been told earlier that Tony Felloni had been christened "Anthony
Carroll" but later used his father's name, Felloni.

He made a IEP50,000 cheque withdrawal in July 1993, in the name of W.P.T.
Bradshaw. A similar withdrawal was made later in the year, and the account
is now empty. An officer from ICS Building Society said Regina Felloni holds
IEP18,000 in its Phibsboro branch.

Insp John O'Driscoll said heroin worth IEP13,000 was found in Regina
Felloni's flat in Drumcondra. He added that on March 20th, 1997, documents
found in a rubbish skip were handed over anonymously to gardai in Swords, Co
Dublin. They showed details of Regina Felloni's bank account in Abbey
National, Donegall Square, Belfast, into which sums of UKP2,000 to UKP3,000
had been lodged since September 1995.

The documents also included drafts drawn from the account totalling
UKP19,395 in her name. More than IEP20,000 cash had been seized from the
three, plus an additional IEP5,000 to IEP6,000 in sterling, dollars and
Spanish pesetas.

Mr Ciaran O'Loughlin SC (with Mr Paul Carroll), for Regina Felloni, said it
was highly irregular that an anonymous source was being used as evidence of
his client's bank details, rather than direct confirmation from bank
officials.

Mr Dermot Kelly SC (with Mr Garnet Orange), for Tony Felloni, said there was
no evidence that the Irish Permanent account in the name of "Anthony
Carroll" belonged to his client.

Mr Ross Maguire, for Luigi Felloni, said he adopted the submissions made by
his colleagues.

The hearing continues.

Checked-by: Rolf Ernst