a feud with the INLA. He fled Dublin for several periods, leaving Byrne to assume control of the gang. In 2013 he set up LS Active Car Sales in the Bluebell Industrial Estate. The business did not act as a car sales business but the cars were for the exclusive use of the gang and their families. By the time the business was raided by the Criminal Assets Bureau it had not sold a single car. Gardaí watched and frequently stopped members of the gang, particularly Liam Byrne and Sean Gerard McGovern. The High Court found that the Byrne Organise Crime Group did not operate legitimate businesses and were acting as a front for laundering money earned from crime. This operated through used car dealerships and other businesses in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Cars and motorbikes were also used as currency between organised crime groups. Houses In September 2000 senior member of the gang Liam Roe bought a house on Grangeview Road, Clondalkin for €119,000. Liam then bought the house off Liam Roe for €270,000 with thirty-year mortgage of €150,000. It is not clear where the €120,000 came from. He claimed in 2006 that he was a spray painter who had a garage in Lucan and earned €530 a week with a €5,000 bonus. This did not tally with his tax returns which showed he only earned €10,827 and paid only €245.51. He was also able to make mortage payments of €697.22 per month on a house in Clondalkin while paying €850 a month rent on the house in Raleigh Square. Mule State Foundation In July 2016 there was €110,087.03 left on his mortgage and he was paying back €2,000 each month. His sister Maria was withdrawing €2,000 on the same date but didn't make a claim on the Clondalkin property in the High Court. The Criminal Assets Bureau discovered that Maria got the money when she sold a house in Ashbourne to sister Melanie Johnson. €400,080 of that money was lodged to Maria's account between November 2007 and March 2010 and €49,800 was then lodged from her account to Liam's. The High Court declared the Grangeview Road house to be the proceeds of crime. Sean McGovern bought a house on Kildare Road in Crumlin valued at €270,000 in March 2015. It was extensively renovated for over €247,000. He lived there with his partner, Anita Freeman, who the CAB