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IRELAND
Low
FRAUD TYPES
Corporate tax arbitrage, emerging crypto fraud
KEY FACTS
Tech company headquarters = potential corporate fraud surface. Low street-level fraud.
REPORT FRAUD IN IRELAND1▸
1 agency you can contact. Tap one for how to reach it and what to have ready.
GNCGarda National Cyber Crime Bureau▸
NATIONAL · CYBER / CRYPTO
BORN HERE▸
Nobody in our case files was born in Ireland yet.
OPERATED HERE▸
Nobody in our case files is documented as operating from Ireland yet.
KNOWN FOR▸
THE PICTURE▸
Payment service providers in Ireland reported more than €179 million in fraudulent payments in 2025, up 27% on 2024, with authorised push payment scams worth €74.86 million, driven by impersonation and investment scams (Central Bank of Ireland data, via BPFI, Sept 2026). The biggest fraud prosecutions stem from the 2008 banking crisis, especially Anglo Irish Bank, where executives were convicted over schemes to disguise the bank's position (Irish courts, 2016–2018). As an EU base for tech and financial firms, Ireland also handles large volumes of phishing, 'smishing' and money-mule activity. Enforcement is led by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau, the Corporate Enforcement Authority and the Central Bank.
TOP FRAUDSTERS FROM HERE3▸
David Drumm CONVICTEDREPORT PENDING
€7.2B (circular deposits in the scheme) · 2008
Former Anglo Irish Bank CEO convicted of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting over a scheme to inflate the bank's deposits in 2008.
SOURCE: Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Jun 2018 (6 years)
Denis Casey CONVICTEDREPORT PENDING
€7.2B (circular deposits in the scheme) · 2008
Former Irish Life & Permanent CEO convicted of conspiracy to defraud for the same deposit scheme with Anglo executives John Bowe and Willie McAteer.
SOURCE: Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Jun 2016
Seán FitzPatrick ACQUITTEDREPORT PENDING
Not applicable · 2002–2007
Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman tried for misleading auditors about his loans; the judge directed his acquittal.
SOURCE: Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, May 2017
FRAUD BY CATEGORY▸
No official body here publishes a breakdown of fraud by type, so we show none rather than guess.
KEY NUMBERS▸
€179M Fraudulent payments reported by payment providers in 2025 (+27%) (BPFI / Central Bank of Ireland, Sept 2026)
€74.86M Authorised push payment fraud in 2025 (BPFI / Central Bank of Ireland, Sept 2026)
WHO FIGHTS IT▸
Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) and the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau.
Corporate Enforcement Authority (formerly ODCE) and the Central Bank of Ireland.
Communications Regulation (Amendment) Act 2023 and ComReg measures against SMS/phone spoofing.
SOURCES▸
BPFI, 'Consumers warned to be on alert for scams', 4 Sept 2026
Wikipedia summary of court record (David Drumm)
Irish court reports on Anglo Irish Bank trials, 2016–2018
Case lists and figures compiled September 2026 from court records, regulators and major press; statuses change. Series reports above are fact-checked case files.