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Fraud
Six arrested in Cork in connection with mortgage loan fraud
A large amount of documentation along with computers, storage devices and phones were seized during the operation.
SIX PEOPLE HAVE been arrested in Cork following allegations of fraudulent mortgage loans secured on a number of properties in the Munster area.
Detectives from the fraud investigation unit based in Anglesea St. Garda Station assisted by local gardaí across Co. Cork carried out the searches and arrests this morning.
Four men and two women – ranging in ages from their twenties to their forties – were arrested. They are currently detained under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2007 at a number of Garda Stations in Co. Cork.
A large amount of documentation along with computers, storage devices and phones were seized during the operation.
Cannabis plants with an estimated street value of €5,000 were also recovered at one of the locations.
Enquiries are ongoing.
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