Arrests in Cork, Tipperary, Roscommon and Westmeath as part of invoice fraud investigation

Gardaí said their investigations are ongoing

The men are currently detained at Middleton, Fermoy, Mallow, Tipperary and Castlerea garda stations. File picture: Dan Linehan

Gardaí have arrested five men in Cork, Tipperary, Roscommon and Westmeath as part of an investigation into invoice redirection fraud. 

This morning, officers attached to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) made four of the arrests following a number of planned searches carried out in Cork, Tipperary, and Roscommon.