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Men arrested for suspected fraud

Published on 28 Sep 2009 under category: legal

Two men in Northern Ireland have been questioned regarding their involvement in suspected fraud crimes.

Arrests were made on Friday (September 25th) in Banbridge and Lisburn, fraud crime lawyers may be interested to hear.

The men detained were kept for questioning over the weekend, with authorities revealing that this is in relation to money laundering.

Around £100,000 in cash was seized during the arrests, after an investigation which had been carried out by the police and HM Revenue & Customs.

It is thought that the suspected fraud may have involved drug trafficking and organized crime.

Both men arrested are thought to have been from Newry in the Northern Irish town of County Down.

In other fraud crimes news, a former managing director of a finance firm is set to appear in court next month due to links with a suspected fraud.

Grahame Whitehead, a former appointed representative for Burns Anderson, is due at Basildon Crown Court on October 16th in relation to 40 counts of fraud by false representation.

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