Scheme"This individual was not arrested last week but it is very likely that he will be in the coming weeks as €1.5m has been found in his bank account. They were then directed to an Irish middleman who put them in touch with a Dutch company and distributor, whose website and details have been cloned by scammers. RecoveredA total of €12.3m was returned from the company to the German state and the €1.5m was traced to a bank account in Roscommon and frozen. Of the €880,000 sent to the Dutch account, €490,000 was traced to a Nigerian bank account which was deposited from a UK account. A further €125,000 was transferred to another Dutch bank account.

Source: The Herald April 15, 2020 01:41 UTC