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Four people have been arrested and ordered removed from Canada after police warned the public about an alleged paving scam involving suspects with Irish accents.

Four foreign nationals were arrested and $70,000 in cash was seized after investigators from the Canada Border Services Agency and Ottawa police’s fraud unit teamed up to arrest the quartet on Sept. 24.

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The arrests came four days after Ottawa police warned the public to beware of door-to-door paving contractors with Irish accents who would quote an inexpensive price to repave a driveway or lane, only to do the work and then demand more money.

The CBSA said Monday that the four foreign nationals who are suspected of being involved in the fraudulent contract work were working without a permit in Canada. According to the CBSA, an admissibility hearing took place in front of the Immigration and Refugee Board on Sept. 27 and all four were ordered removed from the country.