Money launderer known as ‘The Fat Man’ has to pay back £630k

A gangster who made a fortune moving drugs and dirty cash across Europe for the Kinahan cartel has been ordered to pay back £630,000. Encrochat kingpin Thomas Maher, 42, known as ‘The Fat Man’ bragged to an underworld associate that he had been involved in organised crime for more than 20 years. The haulage boss, originally from County Offaly, Ireland, enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle and blew hundreds of thousands of pounds on cars, holidays and jewellery. Maher was jailed for…