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NEWS: UK money mule cases surge 69% in first half of 2026

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ANALYSIS: Why UBS banked a Russian billionaire with reported ties to Putin

By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent

MONEY mule cases in the UK jumped by 69% in the first half of 2026, according to new figures from fraud prevention body Cifas.

Cifas said that cases linked to money muling “increased by 69% compared to the first half of 2025, with more than 13,000 recordings to the UK National Fraud Database (NFD).”

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