Irish couple linked to near $4 million fraud scheme deported from US, handed over to Gardai. Back in 2018, UK law enforcement made a widespread public appeal for assistance in capturing the couple, who had fled after they and nine other group members were found guilty of fraud. They were eventually nabbed by a joint fraud task force and a regional organised crime law enforcement unit. Oliver Boswell and Kathleen Boswell were removed from the United States to Ireland on Tuesday and handed over to gardaí.

An Irish couple, who have been on the run from UK police since 2018 for 19 counts of money laundering, have been deported from the US and handed over to Gardai. The pair are believed to be linked to an international scam network known as the Traveling Conmen Fraud Group, which is suspected of swindling elderly and vulnerable victims in the UK out of a whopping £3 million (€3.5m).

The couple were removed from the US by deportation officers from Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York City and delivered to Ireland on Tuesday, August 20.The husband had legally entered the United States on February 15, 2023, but breached the conditions of his admission. He was arrested by the South Bound Brook Borough Police Department in New Jersey on May 14, 2023, and charged with hindering-obstructing police.On August 8, 2023, he was arrested again by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department in Indiana and charged with battery.His wife had also lawfully entered the United States on August 11, 2023, but similarly violated the terms of her admission, reports the Irish Mirror.

The Ulster County Sheriff’s Office revealed that deputies first encountered the Irish woman when they stopped her in the town of Ulster on July 17. She was behind the wheel of a Ford F-150 truck reported as stolen from Enterprise Rent-A-Car, according to the sheriff’s office.

She was subsequently arrested and charged with possession of stolen property.

Following her arrest, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations got in touch with the local sheriff’s office. They informed the deputies that the woman and her husband were on the wanted list by UK police due to their suspected links to a global crime syndicate known as the Traveling Conmen Fraud Group.