Two men arrested and one held in Cork for questioning as part of an investigation into invoice redirection fraud
Officers from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau carried out searches today in Dublin, Dundalk, Co. Louth and Tralee, Co. Kerry
Two men have been arrested and one of them is being held in Cork for questioning as part of an investigation into invoice redirection fraud.
Officers from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau carried out searches today in Dublin, Dundalk, Co. Louth and Tralee, Co. Kerry as part of Operation SKEIN.
The men - one aged in his late teens and one in his 40s - are currently detained at Dublin's Blanchardstown Garda Station and the Bridewell Garda station here in Cork where they can be held for up to a week.
To date, over 4 million euro has been laundered through bank accounts in Ireland and these are the third and fourth arrests as part of this operation.
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