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NEWS: UK finance firms close almost 240,000 suspected money mule accounts per year

File photo of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority offices

By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent

UK finance firms are shutting down hundreds of thousands of suspected money mule accounts annually, the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) has said.

The watchdog warned that criminals are increasingly using ‘established’ money mule networks to launder the proceeds of fraud.

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