Six people are to be reported to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) in Northern Ireland as part of an ongoing police investigation into a former fertility clinic in Belfast.
A file on five women and one man will be submitted in “due course” to the PPS in relation to a string of fraud-related offences, including allegations of fraud by false representation and conspiracy to defraud, police confirmed on Wednesday.
Other alleged offences relate to money-laundering, breaches of the Medicines Act and Companies Act offences.
Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) economic crime unit have been investigating the former Lisburn Road clinic in the south of the city for almost two years.
Amount of paperwork requested by John Magnier’s side in Barne Estate case costing ‘a staggering amount of money’
Fiona Pender murder investigation: ‘The family deserve closure’
A Ukrainian in Dublin: ‘People are less direct in Ireland. There are 50 shades of great’
Did the media fail to do its job covering Joe Biden’s decline?
Chief Insp Louise Dunne described it as a “unique and complex case”.
“It is being progressed as sensitively and expeditiously as possible. The investigation remains ongoing.”
- Listen to our Inside Politics Podcast for the latest analysis and chat
- Sign up for push alerts and have the best news, analysis and comment delivered directly to your phone
- Find The Irish Times on WhatsApp and stay up to date
