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Money Mules

Gardaí from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau were in studio to offer advice to the public on how to prevent becoming a Money Mule, which is a term given to people who help criminals launder cash gained from criminal activities by using their own personal bank accounts to “clean” the money.

A large sum of money is usually deposited which is then deposited into several different criminal accounts. The vast majority of people targeted are young, particularly men aged between 18-25, who may answer an advertisement for work through social media and are often unaware that they are teaming up with criminals and committing an offence and may be prosecuted. Criminals use the internet as an easy way to recruit money mules. They use popular social media sites to advertise and attract potential mules, they request people’s bank details in exchange for a sum of money. These messages are often disguised as a job.