Issue Date: 3 February 2022
Gardaí attached to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) arrested a 58 year old female on the morning of Thursday, 3rd February, 2022, for money laundering offences, as part of Operation SKEIN.
The female is currently being detained under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, at Clondalkin Garda Station.
Operation SKEIN is an investigation into international BEC/Invoice re-direct fraud being committed from Ireland, and the laundering of the proceeds through accounts here. It is estimated that this criminal organisation have stolen over €25 million worldwide in invoice redirect frauds/BEC frauds with the vast majority laundered through bank accounts in Ireland.
