Irish Fugitives Deported Over $4 Million Swindle

U.S. immigration officials have deported two Irish nationals who allegedly led a gang which conned multiple people out of nearly $4 million.
The pair, who originally entered the U.S. legally before breaking the terms of their visa, were arrested in New York by Enforcement and Removal Operations on July 18.
Oliver and Kathleen Boswell were wanted by authorities in the United Kingdom on 19 counts of money laundering, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Reports in U.K. media said their alleged crimes were committed around a decade ago, but they disappeared before they could be sentenced.
“International law enforcement cooperation enabled ERO New York City to remove these two fugitives and return them to their home country to face justice,” ERO New York City Field Office Director Kenneth Genalo. “We will continue to pursue community safety as our highest priority.”
U.K. media outlet Birmingham Live reported in 2018 that the married couple, known as Oliver Boswell and Kathleen McCarthy, had worked with two other men between 2013 and 2014 to con their victims out of thousands of dollars each.
Boswell had pleaded guilty to the charges against him in 2017, while McCarthy was convicted in her absence.
One accomplice posed as U.K. tax and trading standards officials to defraud elderly victims out of money which they paid into his bank account. Another claimed to be a judge who threatened his victim with jail if he didn’t pay up.
It is believed that the Irish couple were the leaders of this gang, known as the Traveling Conmen Fraud Group.
U.S. officials, who referred to both Oliver and Kathleen by the last name Boswell, said the pair arrived legally in 2023.
Oliver Boswell entered the country on Feb. 15, 2023 and Kathleen McCarthy on Aug. 11, 2023. Both then violated the terms of their admission.
Boswell was reportedly arrested by the South Bound Brook Borough Police Department in New Jersey in May 2023, for allegedly hindering-obstructing police. He was then detained again in Indianapolis and charged with battery in August 2023.
McCarthy was pulled over by cops in New York’s Ulster County in July, 2024, after driving a rental car which had been reported stolen.
Officers from the ERO office in New York City’s Newburgh office arrested the suspects on July 18 and they were removed from the country on Aug. 20. ICE said the pair were handed over to Irish authorities.
Newsweek reached out to Irish National Police (Garda) for further comment Monday via email.
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