Issue Date: 10/11/2025
Gardaí from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) are carrying out an operation targeting a criminal organisation involved in online fraud amounting to €804,798.
This follows a report from an Irish financial institution in January 2024 about complex fraud relating to its online platform.
This involved the use of fraudulent identity documents to obtain payment cards which were used in high-value purchases in major retail outlets, ATM withdrawals and transactions abroad.
The GNECB has carried out a number of searches of domestic residences in west Dublin during which a large amount of items of evidential value were seized.
Earlier today, Monday 10th November 2025, Gardaí from the GNECB arrested a man, aged in his 40s, under Section 71A of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 (directing a criminal organisation).
He is currently detained under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 at a Garda Station in the Dublin Region.
Investigations are ongoing.
