Two arrested for recruiting money mules in text scam investigation

The garda investigation relates to €64,000 stolen from nine customers of an Irish banking institution who got a scam text message

The arrested men are currently detained under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2007 in Clondalkin and Ronanstown Garda Stations, where they can be held for up to seven days. Picture: Dan Linehan

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested two men as part of an ongoing investigation into cyber-enabled fraud and money mule recruitment.

Officers attached to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB), assisted by gardaí from Lucan, arrested two men, aged 19 and 20, this morning.