Man arrested in Covid-19 payment fraud inquiry
Posted on 2nd July 2020 at 20:56
Garda says 25 cases of fraudulent claims worth more than €56,000 detected to date
A man in his 30s has been arrested in Dublin as part of ongoing investigations into Covid-19 payment fraud.
The man was arrested on Thursday at a house in Mulhuddart by gardaí seconded to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection’s special investigation unit.
The wider Covid-19 payment fraud investigation has followed up on 25 suspected fraudulent claims to date involving more than €56,000.
Documentation and notebooks were also seized during Thursday’s search, a Garda spokesman said.
The man was being detained at Blanchardstown Garda station under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
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