Millions of pounds in criminal cash has been frozen over the last three years as banks attempt to clamp down on a surge in money laundering carried out by teenagers and young adults who are often unaware they are breaking the law. Figures from Britain’s biggest bank Lloyds revealed that more than three in five … Read more
Desperate young adults left jobless and penniless by the pandemic are being recruited by criminals as ‘money mules’, it is claimed. Normally law abiding people are being drawn into a life of crime to help launder the profits of illegal activity, including drug dealing, according to the banking body UK Finance and fraud prevention experts, … Read more
Scammers recruit young adults left jobless by the pandemic as ‘money mules’ By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 9 March 2021 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 9 March 2021 Young adults left jobless and penniless by the pandemic are helping launder profits from crimes like drug dealing Young adults left jobless and … Read more
Surge in student ‘money mules’: Criminals using social media to hire under 21s for dirty money transfers By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:05 BST, 29 September 2020 | Updated: 22:05 BST, 29 September 2020 Criminals are using social media to hire university students as ‘money mules’ The number of youngsters being recruited … Read more
County lines gangs disguised young drugs mules as nurses and Deliveroo workers to deal crack cocaine and heroin by ‘click and collect’ during lockdown Liverpool drug barons masterminded scheme where runners would disguise They would dress up as key workers to fly under the radar during the Covid crisis Merseyside Police Superintendent Andy O’Connor likened … Read more