Five people have been arrested on suspicion of impersonating gardai as part of a major multi-county theft and fraud scam.
Gardai have been investigating the criminal gang’s activities across 15 counties, mostly in the east and midlands, over the past 10 months.
The fraud involves members of the gang calling to rural homes, impersonating a member of gardai. They claim they are investigating burglaries in the area where sums of cash had been stolen and that they are attempting to identify the owners of the cash, or counterfeit cash.
