Over €322,000 seized as part of money laundering investigation into ‘significant’ ATM withdrawals

OVER €322,000 in cash has been seized as part of a money laundering investigation into “significant” cash withdrawals from ATMs across Dublin and Cork.

On 11 September, the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau received information in relation to the cash withdrawals from ATMs across Dublin and Cork between 11 August and 9 September.

The transactions involved the use of bank cards linked to accounts in Poland and Norway.

This led to gardaí locating and searching a vehicle in the Lucan area of Dublin on 13 September.

During this search, a substantial quantity of cash and multiple bank cards were recovered.

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A man in his early 30s and a woman in her mid 30s were both arrested following this search.

The man remains in garda custody at this time but the woman has been released without charge and a file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

A further search was then carried out at a residence in Cork, where gardaí recovered additional cash, foreign currency, false identification documents, bank cards and mobile phones.

As part of this investigation, a further search operation was carried out yesterday evening in Lucan.

So far, a total of €322,855 has been seized and some €236,855 of this total sum was recovered during yesterday’s search operation.

During yesterday’s search, gardaí also seized €155 worth of Polish zloty, nine passports, five driving licences, and three identity cards.

Gardaí are liaising with international law enforcement agencies through Europol in relation to bank accounts in Poland and Norway and investigations are ongoing.

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