'Understating' of suspected fraud sees CSO delay publishing crime stats

The CSO stated that its previous publications about 'fraud, deception, and related offences' using Pulse data have been understated

The backlog relates only to potential crimes reported by financial institutions under Section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act 2011 on An Garda Siochána’s Pulse system. Picture: iStock

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has postponed publishing crime statistics for the third quarter of this year due to concerns about a backlog in the recording of potential fraud-related crime, it said on Thursday. 

The backlog relates only to potential crimes reported by financial institutions under Section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act 2011 on An Garda Siochána’s Pulse system.