The man was reported by his former place of work on suspicion of falsifying records, deceiving applicants into believing he had processed their financial applications and using the personal details of current employees without their authorisation.
Gardaí said at the time the man had attempted to destroy evidence of this criminal activity and that corrupt payments, totalling €17,000, were also made in the form of bribes to conceal his actions.
On Friday, meanwhile, Gardaí said in a statement that two more men were arrested as part of their investigation for offences contrary to Section 71 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 (conspiracy to commit serious offences namely bribery and perverting the course of justice).
Updated / Thursday, 13 May 2021
12:01
The woman is being held at Tallaght Garda Station
A woman has been arrested and cash and drugs have been seized following a search operation in west Dublin this morning.
Gardaí attached to the Money Laundering Investigation Unit of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau carried out a planned operation at an apartment complex in Citywest, as part of an ongoing investigation into the laundering of the criminal proceeds of drug trafficking in west Dublin.
During the course of the search, €30,000 in cash and €20,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis, subject to analysis, were seized, as well as drug dealing paraphernalia.
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Gardaí attached to the Money Laundering Investigation Unit, Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB), carried out a planned operation at an apartment complex in Citywest off the N7 this morning.
During the course of the search €30,000 in cash, €20,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis (subject to analysis) and drug dealing paraphernalia were seized.
A number of electronic devices were also seized for forensic examination.
A female in her 20s was arrested at the scene on suspicion on Money Laundering contrary to Section 7 of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Acts 2010 to 2021 and is currently being detained at Tallaght Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
Dublin-based Irish Gold Bullion is being investigated in relation to ‘alleged breaches of consumer protection legislation’ 9th May, 2021
A cached version of the web page from March 2021 described the business as a “leading dealer of silver and gold bullion online”
A Dublin-based gold and silver dealer is the subject of a joint investigation by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) and the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB), the
Business Post has learned.
The Garda and CCPC confirmed that Irish Gold Bullion, a company founded in Dublin in 2011 by Watford businessman Nicholas Wickham, was the subject of an inquiry in relation to “alleged breaches of consumer protection legislation”.