Officers say up to 50 different money mules have been identified
A man suspected of recruiting money mules and managing their bank accounts has been arrested in Dublin.
Gardaí searched a house in Tallaght yesterday and seized a Range Rover, passports, bank cards, cash and 30 mobile phones.
Gardai say the search is part of a larger investigation into incidents of fraud in jurisdictions including Norway, Germany, the USA, Hawaii and Ireland, and the subsequent laundering of money.
A high value Range Rover, believed to have been bought with the proceeds of crime, was seized, along with passports, bank cards in names of suspected money mules, bank account details, cash in euros and dollars, a cash counting machine, 30 mobile phones, and a computer and a laptop.
A man in his early 20s is being questioned at a garda station in Dublin, and gardai say he's a suspected money mule herder - recruiting money mules and managing their bank accounts.
Officers say up to 50 different money mules are identified as having laundered almost 200-thousand euro through his bank accounts in Ireland, Germany and Belgium.
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