Irish teenager caught with over €1m in cryptocurrency is target of new fraud probe
A teenager who is one of the main Irish targets of an international investigation into the world’s biggest phishing-as-a-service platform had over €1m in cryptocurrency seized from him as part of a separate garda probe.
A property connected to the teenager, who is based in the south-east of the country, was one of 12 homes searched by gardaí on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of the international fraud investigation.
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