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Connor McHugh

Reporter, Northern Ireland and cross-border fraud

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Reporter, Northern Ireland and cross-border fraud · The Fraud Center

Connor covers fraud that crosses the Irish border: cloned firms registered in one jurisdiction and sold in another, courier scams working both sides, and the gaps that open between two sets of regulators. He came to the desk from a Belfast weekly where he covered courts and policing, and still reports from hearings when a fraud case reaches them.

Beat
Northern Ireland, cross-border fraud and court reporting
Based in
Belfast
Years reporting
7
Joined The Fraud Center
February 2026
Reports in
English, Irish

Areas of expertise

  • Cross-border fraud
  • Court reporting
  • Clone firms
  • Policing responses

Training and background

  • NCTJ Diploma in Journalism
  • NCTJ Media Law refresher, 2025

How this journalist works

Connor checks any firm named against both the FCA register and the Central Bank of Ireland register before publication, and says plainly in the story which register an entry came from.

Published work

No published stories yet under this byline.