Documents, computers, and other material from the office in England of one of the founders of the Limerick-based charity, Bóthar, are to be examined by the gardaÃ, The Irish Times has learned.
Billy Kelly, a former journalist with the Limerick Leader, set up an English charity, Msaada, after he moved to England around 2003.
Financial transactions between Msaada and Bother form part of an ongoing investigation by the serious economic crime unit of An Garda SÃochána into the misappropriation of funds at Bóthar.
Mr Kelly ran Msaada from his home in Gillingham with the charity being focused on delivering farming livestock and other assistance to poor families in Rwanda.