Gardaí investigating the defrauding of a Spanish and an Irish company have arrested three people and recovered the bulk of the stolen €450,000. These individuals are suspected of being part of an “organised criminal network” involved in international fraud and money laundering. In a second, and unrelated, operation, the bureau recovered all of the €100,000 that had been stolen by an Irish national from an Irish company. In the first operation, the bureau arrested two males, aged 24 and 25, in Lucan, Dublin. “A Spanish company was deceived into transferring significant amounts to an Irish bank account being operated under a company name by the arrested persons.

Source: Irish Examiner May 09, 2018 22:52 UTC