The Criminal Assets Bureau has sold two homes in Dublin and Laois that were the proceeds of crime for a total of €664,000.
The home of the convicted armed robber Stefan Saunders, a semi-detached double-fronted five-bedroom house in Hazelbury Park in Clonee, was sold for €573,000, €228,000 above the asking price.
CAB took possession of it five months ago and it sold this week in an online auction.
Stefan Saunders and his wife Tammy had lived in the expensively furnished and extended house but the High Court ruled three years ago that it was purchased with the proceeds of crime.
The couple failed in two appeals to keep it and then failed in their attempt to have the case heard by the Supreme Court.
Saunders was one of the country's most prolific and dangerous armed robbers and was jailed for seven and a half years for an attempted ATM robbery in 2016.
The 46-year-old was part of a criminal gang suspected of being involved in several high-profile crimes, including the armed robbery of over €1.8m from a Brinks Allied security van in Artane in Dublin in January 2005.
He and his wife then went on "a spending spree" on expensive cars, houses and extensive renovations from April 2005 until 2007.
This included a six-week luxury holiday in Orlando with extended family, the purchase of two BMWs, the purchase of the house in Clonee for €360,000 and a €125,000 refurbishment and extension to the house.
Stefan Saunders claimed he worked as a plasterer while Tammy claimed she drew a salary from an interior decorating business they owned, claims which were rejected by the High Court.
House in Laois sold for €91,000
CAB also sold a house in Portlaoise, Co Laois this week that it seized from a woman who claimed she worked as an escort in Australia.
Mary Cash's semi-detached four-bedroom bungalow with a large back garden at 7 Harpur's Lane sold online for €91,000, €1,000 over the asking price.
The High Court was told Cash was the wife of Andy Cash, a member of a notorious burglary gang which carried out robberies all over the country.
CAB told the court she is believed to be the driver for her husband and the organised crime gang.
Over €420,000 was lodged to her bank account over a ten-year period.
She claimed she was a lone parent with two children and was separated from her husband.
She said she moved to Australia in 2015 and worked as a cleaner, childminder and escort, while her husband did power-washing, tarmacking and gravel work.
They earned €150,000, she added.
The High Court ruled the house was the proceeds of crime.
