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Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation

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  • 27-02-2009 1:10pm
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    Dannyboy83
    Registered Users Posts: 4,236 ✭✭✭


    Do the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation have specialised accountants?

    When the raid was launched on Anglo, what exactly would the Gardai have been looking for?
    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/0225/1224241775956.html?via=mr

    Officers from the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation and Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) yesterday raided the offices of Anglo Irish Bank as part of their investigation into possible company law breaches.

    Why would you be raiding a bank in order to determine if there were company law breaches?
    Do they not already have the evidence they need on paper, from the various reports?

    Is this just a PR move/symbollic gesture to pacify the angry electorate?


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    Mena
    Registered Users Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭Mena


    Dannyboy83 wrote: »
    Do the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation have specialised accountants?

    They have FI certified personnel as well as having access to forensic accountants.

    My question really is, since the government now own the bank, surely they have all this information already, and don't need to send in a specialised team to go find it? Or am I missing something?


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    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    Mena wrote: »
    My question really is, since the government now own the bank, surely they have all this information already, and don't need to send in a specialised team to go find it? Or am I missing something?

    They don't have the information -- or, at least, they shouldn't. The shareholder (the Minister for Finance) is not privy to all the detail that the directors deal with. The directors, in turn, are not privy to all the detail of the operations of the bank; in particular, they should not get information about individual customers' accounts.


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    The_Minister
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    To give a kinda answer for the OP, they would be looking for anything proving deception or a similar crime.


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