Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Justin Kelly:

Absolutely, yes. That is why, as I said earlier, it is really important that people come to us and report quickly. We have powers to freeze accounts and the ability to speak to colleagues abroad. We have frozen accounts abroad. There is a perception that once money leaves the jurisdiction, it is gone, but we have had investigations where money has left the jurisdiction as far away as Hong Kong and we have been able to freeze it and return it to victims.