Gsoc to hire experts in Garda account fraud probe

The Garda Ombudsman (Gsoc) is set to bring in outside financial investigators and take on more staff to carry out a probe into suspected fraudulent activity involving a secret Garda account.

The moves follow a decision by Gsoc to launch a public interest investigation after it was sent a report by Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan on June 19.

The commissioner told the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee the following morning that she took the action after the Garda internal auditor, Niall Kelly, submitted a report to her saying he suspected that fraud may have been carried out involving a bank account in Cabra, north Dublin.