12 held in global card fraud swoop

TWELVE foreign nationals have been arrested in Dublin as part of a global swoop on a bogus credit card gang responsible for stealing up to €20 million.

A total of 178 people on three continents have been arrested for questioning in connection with the massive fraud scheme, linked to laboratories where bogus cards were manufactured.

The gang involved in the scheme is understood to have stolen more than €20m using falsified credit cards.