A man was arrested in Dublin as part of gardai investigations into cyber offending online and "smishing" scams.
The arrest came on Thursday morning in Ballymun as part of an operation by Garda National Economic Crime Bureau and officers from the DMR South Central Detective Unit.
The man, aged in his 20s, is currently detained under the provisions of Section 50 the Criminal Justice Act, 2007 at Ballymun Garda station and can be detained for up to 7 days.
A garda spokesman said: "This investigation is part of Operation KRYPTOS, an operation that is part of ongoing investigations into cyber offending online and the sending of bogus ‘smishing’ text messages to victims throughout the country."
"Smishing" is a type of scam that sees a fraudster use a text message to trick targeted recipients into clicking a link.
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