€1.4m money launderer brokered peace deal after Dublin gang boss threatened to kill Marcus Sweeney

Fraudster’s links to socialite and an infamous Dublin crime boss

Businessman Silvio Rabbitte, Wesley Williams and Celtic Tiger socialite Marcus Sweeney

Eamon Dillon

A businessman jailed last week for his part in laundering €1.4m had to negotiate a peace deal between a criminal gang who threatened to kill Celtic Tiger socialite Marcus Sweeney.

Wesley Williams was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison after he pleaded guilty to his role in the bogus investment scheme carried out between 2012 and 2014.