Gardaí have arrested a man as part of an investigation into a sim swapping scheme aimed at defrauding Irish bank customers out of their money.
Officers from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) swooped on the alleged offender in an operation on Thursday morning.
The officers arrested the man in the Tallaght area of Dublin as part of an ongoing investigation being conducted by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) into sim-swapping, account takeover and money laundering.